cmake: Use target_compile_features()

Problem at hand: dependents (like FairRoot) need to know the
minimum C++ standard level that FairMQ (and its headers)
requires.

The first idea is to let the targets export their
CXX_STANDARD value. First, this doesn't seem to work as
expected.

Second, target_compile_features() seems to be the better
way to go. It has a much better granularity, automatically
has the export feature, and thus should make dependents
behave correctly.

Also drop all of this enforeced CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD*
setting. If it's given, check it. But that's it.

See: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/18446
See: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-compile-features.7.html#requiring-language-standards
This commit is contained in:
Christian Tacke
2021-02-20 20:03:09 +01:00
committed by Dennis Klein
parent 2c7c46f2fd
commit cf12379afa
6 changed files with 10 additions and 6 deletions

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@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ set(@PROJECT_NAME@_LIBDIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_DATADIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@PROJECT_INSTALL_DATADIR@)
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_CMAKEMODDIR @PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@PROJECT_INSTALL_CMAKEMODDIR@)
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED @CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED@)
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_CXX_STANDARD @CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD@)
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED "@CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED@")
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_CXX_STANDARD "@CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD@")
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_CXX_EXTENSIONS @CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS@)
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_VERSION_HOTFIX @PROJECT_VERSION_HOTFIX@)
set(@PROJECT_NAME@_BUILD_TYPE @CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@)