Minimum CMake downgrade for Linux (#39044) (#40471)

Co-authored-by: Santiago Fernandez Madero <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jan Vorlicek <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: Jeremy Koritzinsky <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Santiago Fernandez Madero <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jan Vorlicek <[email protected]>

Author: 4 people

eng/native/build-commons.sh

@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ check_prereqs()
 {
     echo "Checking prerequisites..."
 
-    if ! cmake --help 2>&1 | grep -q \\-B; then
-        echo "Please install cmake v3.14.5 or newer from https://www.cmake.org/download/."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
     if [[ "$__HostOS" == "OSX" ]]; then
         # Check presence of pkg-config on the path
         command -v pkg-config 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 "Please install pkg-config before running this script, see https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/master/docs/workflow/requirements/macos-requirements.md"; exit 1; }
@@ -177,8 +172,8 @@ EOF
             cmake_command="emcmake $cmake_command"
         fi
 
-        echo "Executing $cmake_command --build \"$intermediatesDir\" --target install -j $__NumProc"
-        $cmake_command --build "$intermediatesDir" --target install -j "$__NumProc"
+        echo "Executing $cmake_command --build \"$intermediatesDir\" --target install -- -j $__NumProc"
+        $cmake_command --build "$intermediatesDir" --target install -- -j "$__NumProc"
     fi
 
     local exit_code="$?"

eng/native/configurecompiler.cmake

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0083 NEW)
-
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
 # "configureoptimization.cmake" must be included after CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX has been set.
@@ -40,11 +38,18 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_CHECKED "")
 set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_CHECKED "")
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_CHECKED "")
 
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "")
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "")
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "")
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "")
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "")
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "")
+
 add_compile_definitions("$<$<OR:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>,$<CONFIG:CHECKED>>:DEBUG;_DEBUG;_DBG;URTBLDENV_FRIENDLY=Checked;BUILDENV_CHECKED=1>")
 add_compile_definitions("$<$<OR:$<CONFIG:RELEASE>,$<CONFIG:RELWITHDEBINFO>>:NDEBUG;URTBLDENV_FRIENDLY=Retail>")
 
 if (MSVC)
-  add_link_options(/GUARD:CF)
+  add_linker_flag(/GUARD:CF)
 
   # Linker flags
   #
@@ -57,48 +62,51 @@ if (MSVC)
   endif ()
 
   #Do not create Side-by-Side Assembly Manifest
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/MANIFEST:NO>)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
   # can handle addresses larger than 2 gigabytes
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/LARGEADDRESSAWARE>)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /LARGEADDRESSAWARE")
   #Compatible with Data Execution Prevention
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/NXCOMPAT>)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /NXCOMPAT")
   #Use address space layout randomization
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/DYNAMICBASE>)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /DYNAMICBASE")
   #shrink pdb size
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/PDBCOMPRESS>)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /PDBCOMPRESS")
 
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/DEBUG>)
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/IGNORE:4197,4013,4254,4070,4221>)
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,${WINDOWS_SUBSYSTEM_VERSION}>)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /DEBUG")
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /IGNORE:4197,4013,4254,4070,4221")
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,${WINDOWS_SUBSYSTEM_VERSION}")
 
   set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS} /IGNORE:4221")
 
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,EXECUTABLE>:/DEBUG>)
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,EXECUTABLE>:/PDBCOMPRESS>)
-  add_link_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,EXECUTABLE>:/STACK:1572864>)
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /DEBUG")
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /PDBCOMPRESS")
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /STACK:1572864")
 
   # Debug build specific flags
-  add_link_options($<$<AND:$<OR:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>,$<CONFIG:CHECKED>>,$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>>:/NOVCFEATURE>)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} /NOVCFEATURE")
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_CHECKED "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_CHECKED} /NOVCFEATURE")
 
   # Checked build specific flags
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:CHECKED>:/INCREMENTAL:NO>) # prevent "warning LNK4075: ignoring '/INCREMENTAL' due to '/OPT:REF' specification"
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:CHECKED>:/OPT:REF>)
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:CHECKED>:/OPT:NOICF>)
+  add_linker_flag(/INCREMENTAL:NO CHECKED) # prevent "warning LNK4075: ignoring '/INCREMENTAL' due to '/OPT:REF' specification"
+  add_linker_flag(/OPT:REF CHECKED)
+  add_linker_flag(/OPT:NOICF CHECKED)
 
   # Release build specific flags
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/LTCG>)
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/OPT:REF>)
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/OPT:ICF>)
+  add_linker_flag(/LTCG RELEASE)
+  add_linker_flag(/OPT:REF RELEASE)
+  add_linker_flag(/OPT:ICF RELEASE)
+  add_linker_flag(/INCREMENTAL:NO RELEASE)
   set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} /LTCG")
 
   # ReleaseWithDebugInfo build specific flags
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:RELWITHDEBINFO>:/LTCG>)
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:RELWITHDEBINFO>:/OPT:REF>)
-  add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:RELWITHDEBINFO>:/OPT:ICF>)
+  add_linker_flag(/LTCG RELWITHDEBINFO)
+  add_linker_flag(/OPT:REF RELWITHDEBINFO)
+  add_linker_flag(/OPT:ICF RELWITHDEBINFO)
   set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} /LTCG")
 
   # Force uCRT to be dynamically linked for Release build
-  add_link_options("$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/NODEFAULTLIB:libucrt.lib;/DEFAULTLIB:ucrt.lib>")
+  add_linker_flag(/NODEFAULTLIB:libucrt.lib RELEASE)
+  add_linker_flag(/DEFAULTLIB:ucrt.lib RELEASE)
 
 elseif (CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
   # Set the values to display when interactively configuring CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
@@ -157,11 +165,10 @@ elseif (CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
 
       # -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections: each function has own section instead of one per .o file (needed for --gc-sections)
       # -O1: optimization level used instead of -O0 to avoid compile error "invalid operand for inline asm constraint"
-      add_compile_definitions("$<$<OR:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>,$<CONFIG:CHECKED>>:${CLR_SANITIZE_CXX_OPTIONS};-fdata-sections;--ffunction-sections;-O1>")
-      add_link_options($<$<AND:$<OR:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>,$<CONFIG:CHECKED>>,$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,EXECUTABLE>>:${CLR_SANITIZE_LINK_OPTIONS}>)
-
+      add_compile_options("$<$<OR:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>,$<CONFIG:CHECKED>>:${CLR_SANITIZE_CXX_OPTIONS};-fdata-sections;--ffunction-sections;-O1>")
+      add_linker_flag("${CLR_SANITIZE_LINK_OPTIONS}" DEBUG CHECKED)
       # -Wl and --gc-sections: drop unused sections\functions (similar to Windows /Gy function-level-linking)
-      add_link_options("$<$<AND:$<OR:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>,$<CONFIG:CHECKED>>,$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>>:${CLR_SANITIZE_LINK_OPTIONS};-Wl,--gc-sections>")
+      add_linker_flag("-Wl,--gc-sections" DEBUG CHECKED)
     endif ()
   endif(UPPERCASE_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL DEBUG OR UPPERCASE_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL CHECKED)
 endif(MSVC)
@@ -173,15 +180,18 @@ endif(MSVC)
 #       ./build-native.sh cmakeargs "-DCLR_ADDITIONAL_COMPILER_OPTIONS=<...>" cmakeargs "-DCLR_ADDITIONAL_LINKER_FLAGS=<...>"
 #
 if(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
-    add_link_options(${CLR_ADDITIONAL_LINKER_FLAGS})
+  foreach(ADDTL_LINKER_FLAG ${CLR_ADDITIONAL_LINKER_FLAGS})
+    add_linker_flag(${ADDTL_LINKER_FLAG})
+  endforeach()
 endif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
 
 if(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_LINUX)
   add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:ASM>:-Wa,--noexecstack>)
-  add_link_options(-Wl,--build-id=sha1 -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now)
+  add_linker_flag(-Wl,--build-id=sha1)
+  add_linker_flag(-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now)
 elseif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_FREEBSD)
   add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:ASM>:-Wa,--noexecstack>)
-  add_link_options(LINKER:--build-id=sha1)
+  add_linker_flag("-Wl,--build-id=sha1")
 elseif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_SUNOS)
   add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:ASM>:-Wa,--noexecstack>)
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fstack-protector")
@@ -361,7 +371,7 @@ if (CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
   if(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_OSX)
     set(MACOS_VERSION_MIN_FLAGS -mmacosx-version-min=10.12)
     add_compile_options(${MACOS_VERSION_MIN_FLAGS})
-    add_link_options(${MACOS_VERSION_MIN_FLAGS})
+    add_linker_flag(${MACOS_VERSION_MIN_FLAGS})
   endif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_OSX)
 endif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
 
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@ if(CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE)
 
     add_compile_options(-fprofile-arcs)
     add_compile_options(-ftest-coverage)
-    add_link_options(--coverage)
+    add_linker_flag(--coverage)
   else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Code coverage builds not supported on current platform")
   endif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)

eng/native/configureplatform.cmake

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-include(CheckPIESupported)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/functions.cmake)
 
 # If set, indicates that this is not an officially supported release
@@ -382,24 +381,11 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
-    # Skip check_pie_supported call on Android as ld from llvm toolchain with NDK API level 21
-    # complains about missing linker flag `-no-pie` (while level 28's ld does support this flag,
-    # but since we know that PIE is supported, we can safely skip this redundant check).
-    #
     # The default linker on Solaris also does not support PIE.
-    if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_SUNOS)
-        # All code we build should be compiled as position independent
-        get_property(languages GLOBAL PROPERTY ENABLED_LANGUAGES)
-        if("CXX" IN_LIST languages)
-            set(CLR_PIE_LANGUAGE CXX)
-        else()
-            set(CLR_PIE_LANGUAGE C)
-        endif()
-        check_pie_supported(OUTPUT_VARIABLE PIE_SUPPORT_OUTPUT LANGUAGES ${CLR_PIE_LANGUAGE})
-        if(NOT MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_${CLR_PIE_LANGUAGE}_LINK_PIE_SUPPORTED)
-            message(WARNING "PIE is not supported at link time: ${PIE_SUPPORT_OUTPUT}.\n"
-                      "PIE link options will not be passed to linker.")
-        endif()
+    if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_SUNOS AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_OSX AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_HOST_TVOS AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_HOST_IOS AND NOT MSVC)
+        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -pie")
+        add_compile_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,EXECUTABLE>:-fPIE>)
+        add_compile_options($<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>:-fPIC>)
     endif()
 
     set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)

eng/native/functions.cmake

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function(preprocess_compile_asm)
   set(options "")
   set(oneValueArgs TARGET OUTPUT_OBJECTS)
   set(multiValueArgs ASM_FILES)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 0 COMPILE_ASM "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}")
+  cmake_parse_arguments(COMPILE_ASM "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGV})
 
   get_include_directories_asm(ASM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ function(target_precompile_header)
   set(options "")
   set(oneValueArgs TARGET HEADER)
   set(multiValueArgs ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 0 PRECOMPILE_HEADERS "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}")
+  cmake_parse_arguments(PRECOMPILE_HEADERS "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGV})
 
   if ("${PRECOMPILE_HEADERS_TARGET}" STREQUAL "")
   message(SEND_ERROR "No target supplied to target_precompile_header.")
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ endfunction()
 function(install_clr)
   set(oneValueArgs ADDITIONAL_DESTINATION)
   set(multiValueArgs TARGETS)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 0 INSTALL_CLR "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}")
+  cmake_parse_arguments(INSTALL_CLR "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGV})
 
   if ("${INSTALL_CLR_TARGETS}" STREQUAL "")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "At least one target must be passed to install_clr(TARGETS )")
@@ -416,6 +416,15 @@ function(disable_pax_mprotect targetName)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.12")
+  # Polyfill add_compile_definitions when it is unavailable
+  function(add_compile_definitions)
+    get_directory_property(DIR_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+    list(APPEND DIR_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${ARGV})
+    set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${DIR_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS}")
+  endfunction()
+endif()
+
 function(_add_executable)
     if(NOT WIN32)
       add_executable(${ARGV} ${VERSION_FILE_PATH})
@@ -479,3 +488,16 @@ function(generate_module_index Target ModuleIndexFile)
         DEPENDS ${ModuleIndexFile}
     )
 endfunction(generate_module_index)
+
+# add_linker_flag(Flag [Config1 Config2 ...])
+function(add_linker_flag Flag)
+  if (ARGN STREQUAL "")
+    set("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS" "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS" "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+  else()
+    foreach(Config ${ARGN})
+      set("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_${Config}" "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_${Config}} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+      set("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_${Config}" "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_${Config}} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endforeach()
+  endif()
+endfunction()

eng/native/gen-buildsys.sh

@@ -91,12 +91,16 @@ if [[ "$build_arch" == "wasm" ]]; then
     cmake_command="emcmake $cmake_command"
 fi
 
+# We have to be able to build with CMake 3.6.2, so we can't use the -S or -B options
+pushd "$3"
+
 # Include CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE as uninitialized since it will hold its value in the CMake cache otherwise can cause issues when branch switching
 $cmake_command \
   -G "$generator" \
   "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$buildtype" \
   "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$__CMakeBinDir" \
   $cmake_extra_defines \
   $__UnprocessedCMakeArgs \
-  -S "$1" \
-  -B "$3"
+  "$1"
+
+popd

src/coreclr/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.2)
 
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0042 NEW)
 

src/coreclr/pgosupport.cmake

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-include(CheckIPOSupported)
-check_ipo_supported(RESULT HAVE_LTO)
+include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+
+# VC++ guarantees support for LTCG (LTO's equivalent)
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  # Function required to give CMAKE_REQUIRED_* local scope
+  function(check_have_lto)
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS -flto)
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES -flto -fuse-ld=gold)
+    check_cxx_source_compiles("int main() { return 0; }" HAVE_LTO)
+  endfunction(check_have_lto)
+  check_have_lto()
+
+  check_cxx_compiler_flag(-faligned-new COMPILER_SUPPORTS_F_ALIGNED_NEW)
+endif(NOT WIN32)
 
 # Adds Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) flags to the current target
 function(add_pgo TargetName)

src/coreclr/src/ToolBox/SOS/DacTableGen/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
 # Quick note: The CMake C# support is using the CSC bundled with the MSBuild that the native build runs on, not the one supplied by the local .NET SDK.
 
 project(DacTableGen LANGUAGES CSharp)

src/coreclr/src/binder/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ endif(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WIN32)
 convert_to_absolute_path(BINDER_SOURCES ${BINDER_SOURCES})
 convert_to_absolute_path(BINDER_CROSSGEN_SOURCES ${BINDER_CROSSGEN_SOURCES})
 
-add_library_clr(v3binder
+add_library_clr(v3binder_obj
     OBJECT
     ${BINDER_SOURCES}
 )
-add_dependencies(v3binder eventing_headers)
+add_dependencies(v3binder_obj eventing_headers)
+add_library(v3binder INTERFACE)
+target_sources(v3binder INTERFACE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:v3binder_obj>)
 
 add_library_clr(v3binder_crossgen
     STATIC

src/coreclr/src/classlibnative/bcltype/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ set(BCLTYPE_SOURCES
     variant.cpp
 )
 
-add_library_clr(bcltype
+add_library_clr(bcltype_obj
     OBJECT
     ${BCLTYPE_SOURCES}
 )
 
-add_dependencies(bcltype eventing_headers)
+add_dependencies(bcltype_obj eventing_headers)
+add_library(bcltype INTERFACE)
+target_sources(bcltype INTERFACE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:bcltype_obj>)