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Different dependencies depending on ROS version

manifest.xml

asked 2011-11-16 00:53:09 -0500

Ugo
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updated 2014-01-28 17:10:48 -0500

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Hi all,

I couldn't find a way of checking the ROS version in the manifest.xml: depending on whether we're using electric or older versions, one of my dependencies changes. Do I really have to have 2 branches or is there some trick which would allow me to have one branch, but slight differences depending on the ROS version against which the user compiles?

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answered 2011-11-16 01:02:15 -0500

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I was wondering the same some time ago, and came to the conclusion that there was no way around different branches. The next problem will arise in the includes if package names changed between distributions.

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Yes. I wanted to define a flag during compile if it was possible to find out about the ros version. I'll go for separate branches then. Cheers.

Ugo ( 2011-11-16 01:17:00 -0500 )edit

The includes thing can be fixed. There are #defines for the ROS_VERSION_MAJOR, etc.

dornhege ( 2011-11-16 01:25:15 -0500 )edit

I, too, would like a solution for manifest.xml and stack.xml version dependencies. As @dornhege said, the includes can use #ifdef.

joq ( 2011-11-16 02:38:00 -0500 )edit

How can I get info about what ROS version is being used in my Python code? Can I access the #defines there somewhere?

StFS ( 2012-06-12 06:19:00 -0500 )edit

Version-dependent Python code is worth asking as a separate question.

joq ( 2012-06-12 07:09:23 -0500 )edit

See also: http://answers.ros.org/question/9562/how-do-i-test-the-ros-version-in-c-code/

joq ( 2012-06-12 07:10:48 -0500 )edit

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