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Rosws error trying to overlay common_msgs

asked 2012-05-06 07:03:45 -0500

michikarg gravatar image

Hi,

i just tried to setup my Fuerte workspace using rosws. This also includes an overlay of common_msgs and one package that depends on common_msgs. When I add the common_msgs stack to my workspace using "rosws merge" and try to build the package that depends on geometry_msgs, i get the following error when trying to rosmake:

[rosbuild] Building package morsetesting
  [rosbuild] Cached build flags older than manifests; calling rospack to get flags
  Failed to invoke /opt/ros/fuerte/bin/rospack cflags-only-I;--deps-only morsetesting
  Package geometry_msgs was not found in the pkg-config search path.
  Perhaps you should add the directory containing `geometry_msgs.pc'
  to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
  No package 'geometry_msgs' found

After removing the overlay of common_msgs (using "rosws remove"), i can build the package again... Is this a bug or am i missing something here?

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I should mention that for my project, an overlay of common_msgs does not make sense any more since the python code is now stored outside of the rospackage anyway, but still i´m interested in an answer...

michikarg gravatar image michikarg  ( 2012-05-06 07:11:09 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-05-06 10:19:44 -0500

joq gravatar image

The common_msgs stack builds using catkin, not rosmake, now.

If you need to build it from source as an overlay, you will have to use the new tools.

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Tanks. So i cannot mix packages that are build by catkin with packages built by rosmake... Would you recommend to replace rosmake-builds completely by catkin?

michikarg gravatar image michikarg  ( 2012-05-06 11:07:57 -0500 )edit

Not yet. Catkin building is not yet fully documented. I believe you can build and install something using catkin, then refer to the new version in other packages.

joq gravatar image joq  ( 2012-05-06 12:51:56 -0500 )edit

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