[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012429]: Targets cannot be created in an arbitrary scope

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12429 
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Reported By:                Mathias Gaunard
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12429
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-08-29 11:33 EDT
Last Modified:              2011-08-29 11:33 EDT
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Summary:                    Targets cannot be created in an arbitrary scope
Description: 
In certain scenarios I would have found useful to have the ability put a custom
command or target should appear into a parent scope.

Unfortunately there seems to be no way to do this, short of abusing the
binary_dir argument to add_subdirectory and setting CMP0013 to OLD.

I've attached a project that demonstrates how to abuse add_subdirectory to do
this. I would like to know how good this technique is and whether it can break
in certain situations or with certain generators.

Otherwise, what would be the best way to support this feature?
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-08-29 11:33 Mathias GaunardNew Issue                                    
2011-08-29 11:33 Mathias GaunardFile Added: project.tar.bz2                    
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