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When the table of contents go over two pages I get this warning:

destination with the same identifier (name{page.i}) has been already used, duplicate ignored \relax l.36 ...on}{\numberline {5.6}test}{9}{section.5.6} [1])pdfTeX warning (ext4): d

If the document is not so long we don't get a warning, for example:

\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}




\title{Test}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\begin{titlingpage}
    \maketitle
    \end{titlingpage}

\tableofcontents


\mainmatter
\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}



\end{document}

However if we increase the document so that the contents go over several pages we get the warning, an example of a document giving the warning is:

\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}




\title{Test}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\begin{titlingpage}
    \maketitle
    \end{titlingpage}

\tableofcontents


\mainmatter
\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}



\end{document}

Is there a way to fix this?

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  • I bet this is not an error. I bet it is a warning. An error stops compilation. Does your code not compile?
    – cfr
    Commented Jun 7, 2017 at 2:36
  • Ok, I changed the word to "warning", it compiles.
    – user119615
    Commented Jun 7, 2017 at 2:40

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The main culprit for the error is the titlingpage environment, which explicitly resets the page number with \setcounter{page}{\@ne} -- this confuses the hyperanchors set by hyperref.

In a similar answer I kept track of such page numbering changes (see https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/355883/31729), here I used the same method, adapted for the titlingpage environment, by patching \mem@titlingpage and its 'friend' \endmem@titlingpage.

In the very end, this removes the warnings and provides correct hyperanchors as long as no other explicit \setcounter{page} manipulations occur.

Another possible solution (untested, however): Use the hypertexnames=false option to hyperref or in \hypersetup. 

\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}


\usepackage{xpatch}

\newcounter{pagenumberingcalls}
\newcommand{\pagenumberingchanges}{\thepagenumberingcalls}

\makeatletter

\AtBeginDocument{%
  \xpretocmd{\pagenumbering}{\edef\@previouspagenumberingcalls{\thepagenumberingcalls}\stepcounter{pagenumberingcalls}}{}{}

\@ifpackageloaded{hyperref}{%
  \xpatchcmd{\Hy@EveryPageAnchor}{%
    \hyper@@anchor{page.\@the@H@page}%
  }{%
    \hyper@@anchor{page.\pagenumberingchanges.\@the@H@page}%
  }{\typeout{Patch 1 succeeded}}{\typeout{Patch failure for EveryPageAnchor}}
  \xpatchcmd{\Hy@EveryPageAnchor}{%
    \hyper@@anchor{page.\the\c@page}%
  }{%
    \hyper@@anchor{page.\pagenumberingchanges.\the\c@page}%
  }{\typeout{Patch 2 succeeded}}{}
  \xpatchcmd{\Hy@EveryPageAnchor}{%
    \hyper@@anchor{page.\the\Hy@pagecounter}%
  }{%
    \hyper@@anchor{page.\pagenumberingchanges.\the\Hy@pagecounter}%
  }{\typeout{Patch 3 succeeded}}{}
  }{%Nope, no hyperref loaded --> just be silent%
  }


\xpatchcmd{\mem@titlingpage}{%
  \if\mem@titlpg@reset\setcounter{page}{\@ne}\fi
}{%
  \if\mem@titlpg@reset\stepcounter{pagenumberingcalls}\setcounter{page}{\@ne}\fi
}{\typeout{Successfully patched \string\mem@titlingpage}}{}


\xpatchcmd{\endmem@titlingpage}{%
   \if\mem@titlpg@reset\setcounter{page}{\@ne}\fi
 }{%
   \if\mem@titlpg@reset\stepcounter{pagenumberingcalls}\setcounter{page}{\@ne}\fi
 }{\typeout{Successfully patched \string\endmem@titlingpage}}{}
}



\makeatother


\title{Test}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\begin{titlingpage}
  \maketitle
\end{titlingpage}

\tableofcontents

\mainmatter
\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}



\end{document}
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To get rid of the warning you only need to fool hyperref during the first two pages with a suitable \pagenumbering. Anything different than arabic and roman which are used afterwards.

\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}

\title{Test}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\pagenumbering{Roman}

\begin{titlingpage}
    \maketitle
\end{titlingpage}

\pagenumbering{roman}
\tableofcontents


\mainmatter


\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\chapter{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\end{document}
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