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0015199CMakeCMakepublic2014-10-09 05:112016-06-10 14:31
ReporterNico Schlömer 
Assigned ToKitware Robot 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake 2.8.12.2 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0015199: Better error message for export conflicts
DescriptionIf an export target depends on another target, that other target must either be

 * in the same export set, or
 * in exactly one other export set.

If it is not in the same export set and in more than one other export set, CMake reports
```
CMake Error: install(EXPORT "A" ...) includes target "b" which requires target "c" that is not in this export set, but 5 times in others.
```
This error message is somewhat misleading; one could think that "c" must be in the same export set as "b".

Perhaps a less ambiguous wording would be:
```
CMake Error: install(EXPORT "A" ...) includes target "b" which requires target "c" that is
  * not in this export set, and
  * in more than one other export set (5).
```
I'm sure we can do even better than that.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-10-09 05:11Nico SchlömerNew Issue
2014-10-09 08:38Brad KingNote Added: 0037012
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotNote Added: 0042644
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotStatusnew => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0037012)
Brad King   
2014-10-09 08:38   
Thanks for pointing this out. The ComplainAboutMissingTarget methods house these messages:

 http://www.cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=blob;f=Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx;hb=v3.0.2#l288 [^]

 http://www.cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=blob;f=Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx;hb=v3.0.2#l511 [^]

Your proposed wording is better.
(0042644)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:29   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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