Fix external header support in qtsync

We should sync external headers for 3rdpary projects
like freetype and harfbuzz-ng and keep the directory
structure.

Fixes: QTBUG-113416
Change-Id: Ie66edb9a21cff37ca6c8c68b6d225de6d8bbad81
Reviewed-by: Michal Klocek <michal.klocek@qt.io>
(cherry picked from commit 65b0bc0eed10307cb2ab0a0c45eb6787bed96614)
Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>

cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake

@@ -454,6 +454,12 @@ macro(qt_build_repo_begin)
         add_custom_target(sync_headers)
     endif()
 
+    # The special target that we use to sync 3rd-party headers before the gn run when building
+    # qtwebengine in top-level builds.
+    if(NOT TARGET thirdparty_sync_headers)
+        add_custom_target(thirdparty_sync_headers)
+    endif()
+
     # Add global qt_plugins, qpa_plugins and qpa_default_plugins convenience custom targets.
     # Internal executables will add a dependency on the qpa_default_plugins target,
     # so that building and running a test ensures it won't fail at runtime due to a missing qpa

cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake

@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ function(qt_internal_add_module target)
         # If EXTERNAL_HEADERS_DIR is set we install the specified directory and keep the structure
         # without taking into the account the CMake source tree and syncqt outputs.
         if(arg_EXTERNAL_HEADERS_DIR)
+            set_property(TARGET ${target}
+                PROPERTY _qt_external_headers_dir "${arg_EXTERNAL_HEADERS_DIR}")
             qt_install(DIRECTORY "${arg_EXTERNAL_HEADERS_DIR}/"
                 DESTINATION "${module_install_interface_include_dir}"
             )

cmake/QtSyncQtHelpers.cmake

@@ -158,6 +158,21 @@ function(qt_internal_target_sync_headers target module_headers module_headers_ge
     set(syncqt_args_rsp "${binary_dir_real}/${target}_syncqt_args")
     qt_configure_file(OUTPUT "${syncqt_args_rsp}" CONTENT "${syncqt_args_string}")
 
+    get_target_property(external_headers_dir ${target} _qt_external_headers_dir)
+    if(external_headers_dir)
+        if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE "${external_headers_dir}")
+            get_filename_component(external_headers_dir "${external_headers_dir}" ABSOLUTE)
+        endif()
+        if(EXISTS "${external_headers_dir}")
+            set(external_headers_dir_copy_cmd
+                COMMAND
+                    ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+                    -E copy_directory
+                    "${external_headers_dir}"
+                    "${module_build_interface_include_dir}"
+            )
+        endif()
+    endif()
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT
             ${syncqt_outputs}
@@ -165,6 +180,7 @@ function(qt_internal_target_sync_headers target module_headers module_headers_ge
             ${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::syncqt
             "@${syncqt_args_rsp}"
             ${build_time_syncqt_arguments}
+        ${external_headers_dir_copy_cmd}
         COMMAND
             ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch "${syncqt_timestamp}"
         DEPENDS
@@ -184,6 +200,9 @@ function(qt_internal_target_sync_headers target module_headers module_headers_ge
     set_target_properties(${target}
         PROPERTIES _qt_internal_sync_headers_target ${target}_sync_headers)
 
+    if(is_3rd_party_library)
+        add_dependencies(thirdparty_sync_headers ${target}_sync_headers)
+    endif()
     # This target is required when building docs, to make all header files and their aliases
     # available for qdoc.
     # ${target}_sync_headers is added as dependency to make sure that
@@ -196,6 +215,7 @@ function(qt_internal_target_sync_headers target module_headers module_headers_ge
         COMMAND
             ${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::syncqt
             "@${syncqt_all_args_rsp}"
+        ${external_headers_dir_copy_cmd}
         DEPENDS
             ${module_headers}
             ${syncqt_all_args_rsp}