Indirect dependency files(.props) are not written to the "Include" "lib" directory

[JohnnyKrr]

Module A depends on module B, and module B depends on module C, write in the conanfile.yml:
requirements:

• moduleB/[1.0]
  Module A generates the conan directory, the .props of module B and module C, but module C conan_modulec_vars_debug_x64.props the "ConanmodulecncludeDirectories", "ConanmodulecLibraryDirectories","Conanmodule_managerLibraries" in the .props are empty. I don't want to populate module A's yml with dependency module C. Can you fix this issue?

[danimtb]

Hi @JohnnyKrr,

Thank you for your issue. I would need more information to be able to help you. Could you describe with more detail why do you mean by "module"? Is that a project inside your VS solution or a conan dependency?

I would need a minimal reproducible example to be able to debug it. Than you 😄

[JohnnyKrr]

Hi @danimtb
Thank you for your reply! More detailed description is below.
Now there are three VS Projects, ProjectA (Console), ProjectB (dll), ProjectC (dll), I package ProjectB, ProjectC compiled binaries as conan binary packages and export to the local cache.
Dependencies: ProjectA->ProjectB->ProjectC. ProjectA is directly dependent on ProjectB, and ProjectA's conandata.yml:

requirements:
- ProjectB/[1.0] 

When compiling ProjectA, the conan plugin generates props files for ProjectB and ProjectC. But in ProjectC's props file, "ConanmoduleCIncludeDirectories",
"ConanmoduleCLibraryDirectories" and "ConanmoduleCLibraries" are empty. If ProjectA's conandata.yml writes:

requirements:
- ProjectB/[1.0] 
- ProjectC/[1.0] 

then everything is fine. But I don't want to write that way, because I want to rely on only the top-level packages when the dependencies are deep, and not change ProjectC from an indirect dependency to a direct dependency.

[danimtb]

Hi @JohnnyKrr,

Sorry for the late reply.

Regarding the information provided, you are right. ProjectC is not a direct requirement of ProjectA and should not be included in its requirements.

Maybe the issue is in the package of Project C as the property file appears to be empty. Did you check that the contents of the package are right?

Please let me know if this is still an issue; I will gladly help. Thanks!