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Modifying roscpp scripts (msg_gen.py)

asked 2016-11-17 15:35:51 -0600

jtbandes
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I would like to make local modifications to msg_gen.py for my packages. I've successfully modified C++ libraries in roscpp by using a copy of roscpp in my workspace, and these changes are picked up by other C++ packages/nodes which depend on the roscpp library.

However, when I modify roscpp/rosbuild/scripts/msg_gen.py, the changes don't actually take effect — it seems like the generate_messages() cmake function in my other packages somehow knows to use the system version (/opt/ros/indigo/share/roscpp/rosbuild/scripts/msg_gen.py).

What do I need to do so that generate_messages() can use the local, modified version of the message generator?

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answered 2016-11-17 16:45:02 -0600

Dirk Thomas
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You need to modify the code in the gencpp / genpy packages instead.

The code in roscpp/rosbuild is only used when you use rosbuild but since you are using catkin you need to modify the code in the above packages instead.

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Thanks, that worked! I had to pull message_generation into my tree as well, to make it use my version of gencpp.

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