[CMake] ADD_DEPENDENCIES() and NonExisitngDependent is NOT an error?

[David Cole]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Claus Klein <claus.klein at arcormail.de> wrote:
> We use a complex cmake project with a lot of build order dependencies.
> If something is misspelled, I would expect that cmake find this error.
>
>
> Example:
>
> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.5)
> project(ftplibcpp CXX)
>
> add_executable(ftpList ftpList.cpp)
> target_link_libraries(ftpList ftpcpp ${LIBS})
>
> ADD_DEPENDENCIES(ftpList ftpcpp;NonExisitngDependent)   # this is ok for
> cmake but should be an error?
> ADD_DEPENDENCIES(NonExistingTarget ftpcpp;NonExisitngDependent) # cmake
> ERROR
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (ADD_DEPENDENCIES):
>   add_dependencies Adding dependency to non-existent target:
>   NonExistingTarget
>
> ...
>
> IMO this should be too an error if one of the dependency targets does not
> exist at a cmake project.
>
> Can anyone please help?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Best Regards
> Claus
>
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The gory details are here:

  http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=9188

It's well known, and in the backlog, but nobody is currently actively
working on fixing it to the best of my knowledge.


Sorry,
David