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catkin_make sees package as plain cmake

asked 2020-01-09 16:27:33 -0500

rklutz gravatar image

updated 2020-01-09 16:28:32 -0500

Hi, I'm trying to build this pacakge, but catkin_make fails saying that it recognizes it as a plain cmake package. I'm having trouble figuring out why it doesn't see it as a catkin package despite having a package.xml file and using the catkin module in the CMakeLists.txt.

I've tried modifying the CMakeLists to make the catkin inclusion REQUIRED, but still no luck.

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answered 2020-01-09 16:42:56 -0500

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The problem was that the package.xml file had exported <build_type>cmake</build_type>.

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I guess this was done because the Catkin dependency is considered optional by the authors of the package (from here):

# optional for ROS build https://github.com/catkin/catkin_tools
find_package(catkin)

the build script later on then checks whether it is actually being built with Catkin present.

Setting the build_type to cmake makes sense in this case.

Can you clarify why you want the build_type to not be cmake?

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2020-01-10 00:59:05 -0500 )edit

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