Error: Duplicate Library Identifier¶
Libraries in dds are represented by a namespace and a name, joined
together with a forward-slash “/”. Suppose that we have a library named
Gadgets that lives in the ACME library-namespace. The combined library
identifier would be ACME/Gadgets.
Note
The “namespace” of a library in this case is arbitrary and not necessarily
associated with any C++ namespace.
If more than one library declares itself to have the same name and lives in
the same namespace, dds will issue an error.
To avoid this error in your own project and to avoid causing this error in your
downstream consumers, the namespace of your package should be considered
carefully and be unique. Do not use a namespace that is likely to be used
by another developer or organization, especially generic names.
If you are seeing this issue and it names a library that you do not own, it
means that two or more of your dependencies are attempting to declare a library
of the same name in the same namespace. This issue should be raised
with the maintainers of the packages in question.