# CMakeExpandImportedTargets

Deprecated since version 3.4: Do not use.

This module was once needed to expand imported targets to the underlying libraries they reference on disk for use with the `try_compile()` and `try_run()` commands. These commands now support imported libraries in their `LINK_LIBRARIES` options (since CMake 2.8.11 for `try_compile()` and since CMake 3.2 for `try_run()`).

This module does not support the policy `CMP0022` `NEW` behavior or use of the `INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` property because `generator expressions` cannot be evaluated during configuration.

    CMAKE_EXPAND_IMPORTED_TARGETS(<var> LIBRARIES lib1 lib2...libN
                                  [CONFIGURATION <config>])

CMAKE_EXPAND_IMPORTED_TARGETS() takes a list of libraries and replaces all imported targets contained in this list with their actual file paths of the referenced libraries on disk, including the libraries from their link interfaces. If a CONFIGURATION is given, it uses the respective configuration of the imported targets if it exists. If no CONFIGURATION is given, it uses the first configuration from ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES} if set, otherwise ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}.

    cmake_expand_imported_targets(expandedLibs
      LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
      CONFIGURATION "${CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION}" )