ROS报错：CMakeList.txt配置错误——add_dependencies位置错误（难发现）

 这是我的报错：

CMake Error at server_client/CMakeLists.txt:137 (add_dependencies):
  Cannot add target-level dependencies to non-existent target "demo_server".

  The add_dependencies works for top-level logical targets created by the
  add_executable, add_library, or add_custom_target commands.  If you want to
  add file-level dependencies see the DEPENDS option of the add_custom_target
  and add_custom_command commands.

具有普遍性的一句话是：

CMake Error at ？？？？？/CMakeLists.txt:？？？？？ (add_dependencies):
  Cannot add target-level dependencies to non-existent target "?????".

其中问号是根据路径和文件变化的。

原因：

CMakeList.txt文件中add_executable前后都有add_dependencies，如果只认add_dependencies来进行配置的话很容易出现错误。

修改：（注意add_dependencies位置）

修改前：

## Add cmake target dependencies of the library
## as an example, code may need to be generated before libraries
## either from message generation or dynamic reconfigure
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})
add_dependencies(demo_server ${PROJECT_NAME}_gencpp)


## Declare a C++ executable
## With catkin_make all packages are built within a single CMake context
## The recommended prefix ensures that target names across packages don't collide
# add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}_node src/server_client_node.cpp)
add_executable(demo_server src/demo01_server.cpp)

## Rename C++ executable without prefix
## The above recommended prefix causes long target names, the following renames the
## target back to the shorter version for ease of user use
## e.g. "rosrun someones_pkg node" instead of "rosrun someones_pkg someones_pkg_node"
# set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_node PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME node PREFIX "")

## Add cmake target dependencies of the executable
## same as for the library above
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME}_node ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})
# add_dependencies(demo_server ${PROJECT_NAME}_gencpp)

修改后：

## Add cmake target dependencies of the library
## as an example, code may need to be generated before libraries
## either from message generation or dynamic reconfigure
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})
# add_dependencies(demo_server ${PROJECT_NAME}_gencpp)


## Declare a C++ executable
## With catkin_make all packages are built within a single CMake context
## The recommended prefix ensures that target names across packages don't collide
# add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}_node src/server_client_node.cpp)
add_executable(demo_server src/demo01_server.cpp)

## Rename C++ executable without prefix
## The above recommended prefix causes long target names, the following renames the
## target back to the shorter version for ease of user use
## e.g. "rosrun someones_pkg node" instead of "rosrun someones_pkg someones_pkg_node"
# set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_node PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME node PREFIX "")

## Add cmake target dependencies of the executable
## same as for the library above
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME}_node ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})
add_dependencies(demo_server ${PROJECT_NAME}_gencpp)

难发现的点：

许多时候在配置CMakeList.txt因为代码多直接通过ctrl+f进行关键字搜索的方式去找相应需要配置的代码，但是add_dependencies出现了两个，而且位置不同效果也不同。如果因为位置错误导致报错，但是add_dependencies中的参数没错的情况下，很难发现错误的原因。