# Side effects of cmake\_minimum\_required in dependency provider

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/side-effects-of-cmake-minimum-required-in-dependency-provider/15184
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/side-effects-of-cmake-minimum-required-in-dependency-provider/15184 "2025-09-19T19:43:46Z")
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### Author: ![tpadioleau](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@tpadioleau](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/tpadioleau)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/side-effects-of-cmake-minimum-required-in-dependency-provider/15184/2 "2025-09-29T07:10:04Z")

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Hello, I had a bad experience with calling `cmake_minimum_required` in config files: [Environment variable \<PackageName\>\_ROOT ignored with a cmake minimum required 3.22](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/environment-variable-packagename-root-ignored-with-a-cmake-minimum-required-3-22/13364)

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