cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11) cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 NEW) project(AliasTarget) set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 98) # Clang/C2 in C++98 mode cannot properly handle some of MSVC headers if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_SIMULATE_ID STREQUAL "MSVC") set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14) endif() add_library(foo SHARED empty.cpp) add_library(PREFIX::Foo ALIAS foo) add_library(Another::Alias ALIAS foo) add_library(objects OBJECT object.cpp) add_library(Alias::Objects ALIAS objects) target_compile_definitions(foo PUBLIC FOO_DEFINE) add_library(bar SHARED empty.cpp) target_compile_definitions(bar PUBLIC BAR_DEFINE) target_link_libraries(foo LINK_PUBLIC $<$,foo>:bar>) add_executable(AliasTarget commandgenerator.cpp $) add_executable(PREFIX::AliasTarget ALIAS AliasTarget) add_executable(Generator::Command ALIAS AliasTarget) add_custom_command(OUTPUT commandoutput.h COMMAND Generator::Command) add_library(bat SHARED bat.cpp "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/commandoutput.h") target_link_libraries(bat PREFIX::Foo) target_include_directories(bat PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}") add_executable(targetgenerator targetgenerator.cpp) add_executable(Generator::Target ALIAS targetgenerator) add_subdirectory(subdir) add_custom_target(usealias Generator::Target $) add_dependencies(bat usealias) if (NOT TARGET Another::Alias) message(SEND_ERROR "Another::Alias is not considered a target.") endif() get_target_property(_alt PREFIX::Foo ALIASED_TARGET) if (NOT ${_alt} STREQUAL foo) message(SEND_ERROR "ALIASED_TARGET is not foo: ${_alt}") endif() get_property(_alt2 TARGET PREFIX::Foo PROPERTY ALIASED_TARGET) if (NOT ${_alt2} STREQUAL foo) message(SEND_ERROR "ALIASED_TARGET is not foo.") endif() add_library(iface INTERFACE) add_library(Alias::Iface ALIAS iface) get_property(_aliased_target_set TARGET foo PROPERTY ALIASED_TARGET SET) if(_aliased_target_set) message(SEND_ERROR "ALIASED_TARGET is set for target foo") endif() get_target_property(_notAlias1 foo ALIASED_TARGET) if (NOT DEFINED _notAlias1) message(SEND_ERROR "_notAlias1 is not defined") endif() if (_notAlias1) message(SEND_ERROR "_notAlias1 is defined, but foo is not an ALIAS") endif() if (NOT _notAlias1 STREQUAL _notAlias1-NOTFOUND) message(SEND_ERROR "_notAlias1 not defined to a -NOTFOUND variant") endif() get_property(_notAlias2 TARGET foo PROPERTY ALIASED_TARGET) if (_notAlias2) message(SEND_ERROR "_notAlias2 evaluates to true, but foo is not an ALIAS") endif()