Error when trying to run a python node built with the --symlink-install option

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Hello,

I'm using ROS2 Bouncy, built from source on Ubuntu 18.04 and I'm trying to build a python node using colcon build --symlink-install but when running the node, it gives me an error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'src.client'. When I build without the --symlink-install, it works but then I have to build every time I modify the python file...

I'm probably doing something wrong because yesterday, it worked... I could build with the --symlink-install option and could modify the python file without having to build again. I cleaned the install and build folder and now it doesn't work.

The code can be found here : https://github.com/MarcTestier/kone_o... There is 3 packages : the server, the client and an interface package with just 2 srv files. You can run the full thing by running : ros2 run kone_open_opc_server_simu kone_simu then ros2 run kone_open_opc_client kone_client

Here is the folder structure :

├── client
│   ├── package.xml
│   ├── resource
│   │   └── opc_client
│   ├── setup.cfg
│   ├── setup.py
│   └── src
│       ├── client.py
│       └── __init__.py

And the setup.py :

from setuptools import find_packages
from setuptools import setup

package_name = 'opc_client'

setup(
    name=package_name,
    version='0.5.1',
    packages=find_packages(),
    data_files=[
        ('share/ament_index/resource_index/packages',
            ['resource/' + package_name]),
        ('share/' + package_name, ['package.xml']),
    ],
    install_requires=['setuptools'],
    zip_safe=True,
    author='Marc-Antoine Testier',
    author_email='marc.testier@gmail.com',
    maintainer='Marc-Antoine Testier',
    maintainer_email='marc.testier@gmail.com',
    keywords=['ROS'],
    classifiers=[
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
        'Programming Language :: Python',
        'Topic :: Software Development',
    ],
    description=(
        'TODO'
    ),
    license='Apache License, Version 2.0',
    entry_points={
        'console_scripts': [
            'client = src.client:main',
        ],
    },
)

The python file client.py :

#!/usr/bin/env python

import rclpy
from rclpy.node import Node


class OpcClient(Node):

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__('opc_client')

        # AGV Identifier
        self.simu = 1
        # Simulation bool
        self.agvID = "AGV1"

def main(args=None):
    rclpy.init(args=args)

    node = OpcClient()

    rclpy.spin(node)

    # Destroy the node explicitly
    # (optional - Done automatically when node is garbage collected)
    node.destroy_node()
    rclpy.shutdown()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

The package.xml just in case :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package format="2">
  <name>opc_client</name>
  <version>0.0.0</version>
  <description>OPC client</description>
  <maintainer email="marc.testier@gmail.com">Marc-Antoine Testier</maintainer>
  <author email="marc.testier@gmail.com">Marc-Antoine Testier</author>
  <license>Apache License 2.0</license>

  <exec_depend>rclpy</exec_depend>
  <exec_depend>std_msgs</exec_depend>

  <test_depend>ament_copyright</test_depend>
  <test_depend>ament_pep257</test_depend>
  <test_depend>ament_pep8</test_depend>
  <test_depend>ament_pyflakes</test_depend>
  <test_depend>rclpy</test_depend>
  <test_depend>std_msgs</test_depend>

  <export>
    <build_type>ament_python</build_type>
  </export>
</package>