From fee4e26bdd51823a786e8bc18be5e5462da3f20f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "M. Eric Irrgang" <vardarirrgan1@llnl.gov>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:53:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Process compile flag lists like link_flags

Add logic to `blt_add_target_compile_flags()` to prepend `SHELL:` to
possible argument lists in the way that `blt_add_target_link_flags()`.

Fixes #723
---
 cmake/BLTInstallableMacros.cmake | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmake/BLTInstallableMacros.cmake b/cmake/BLTInstallableMacros.cmake
index 815da45d5..567cc20c9 100644
--- a/cmake/BLTInstallableMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BLTInstallableMacros.cmake
@@ -412,6 +412,13 @@ macro(blt_add_target_compile_flags)
     # Only add the flag if it is not empty
     string(STRIP "${arg_FLAGS}" _strippedFlags)
     if(NOT "${_strippedFlags}" STREQUAL "")
+        # COMPILE_OPTIONS and INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS are semicolon-delimited lists,
+        # but the string in arg_FLAGS may be a space-delimited string of command line options.
+        # Note: "SHELL:"" causes the flags to be not de-duplicated and parsed with
+        # separate_arguments
+        if(NOT "${_strippedFlags}" MATCHES SHELL:)
+            set(_strippedFlags "SHELL:${_strippedFlags}")
+        endif()
         get_target_property(_target_type ${arg_TO} TYPE)
         if (("${_target_type}" STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY") AND (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.11.0"))
             set_property(TARGET ${arg_NAME} APPEND PROPERTY