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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2015-06-01 13:13:23 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2015-06-01 13:13:23 (GMT)
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Help: Explicitly mention lack of 'install' support in add_dependencies
CMake-generated targets are not supported by add_dependencies. State this explicitly and use 'install' as an example since this may be commonly attempted.
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@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Add a dependency between top-level targets.
Make a top-level ``<target>`` depend on other top-level targets to
ensure that they build before ``<target>`` does. A top-level target
is one created by one of the :command:`add_executable`,
-:command:`add_library`, or :command:`add_custom_target` commands.
+:command:`add_library`, or :command:`add_custom_target` commands
+(but not targets generated by CMake like ``install``).
Dependencies added to an :ref:`imported target <Imported Targets>`
or an :ref:`interface library <Interface Libraries>` are followed