cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7) project(rpath-test CXX) set(TEST_STRING "" CACHE STRING "") set(CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE) add_library(rpath-backend-lib transitive.cpp) target_compile_definitions(rpath-backend-lib PRIVATE "TEST_STRING=\"${TEST_STRING}\"") add_library(rpath-test-lib lib.cpp) target_link_libraries(rpath-test-lib PRIVATE rpath-backend-lib) add_executable(rpath-test-tool main.cpp) target_link_libraries(rpath-test-tool PRIVATE rpath-test-lib) install(TARGETS rpath-backend-lib rpath-test-lib rpath-test-tool)