# C++ language wrongly propagated through dependency chain

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/c-language-wrongly-propagated-through-dependency-chain/3315
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/c-language-wrongly-propagated-through-dependency-chain/3315 "2021-05-13T19:49:23Z")
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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/c-language-wrongly-propagated-through-dependency-chain/3315/4 "2021-05-14T10:54:17Z")

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Ah, I see I missed the note at the end of the line.

Hmm. Does [this thread](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-does-not-set-the-compiler-option-std-to-gnu17-or-c-17-although-i-set-the-target-compile-features-to-cxx-std-17/3299) offer any insight here? Basically, is `CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD` being set anywhere?

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