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If i release my custom ros package using bloom software release tool which i build in ubuntu local pc with intel processor. How is it possible that this package also runs on other plateforms where i install that package with apt install ros-package ? Also how is it possible that given ros package runs on any plateform without cross compilation?
bloom just puts the source code version you release into a release repository. from there it is fetched from a build server which builds the binaries for the different platforms. Whatever you build locally is completely independent...
well, no. They need to compile successfully for that arch. I think (but might be mistaken) by default it builds for the following architectures:
See REP-3 for additional information.
Expanding on @mgruhler's answer, Bloom processes ROS packages and generates content specific to each target operating system (Examples: Debian Buster, Fedora 32, and Ubuntu Focal). For packages released into the official ROS distributions, that data is then used to build packages for each supported target / architecture (Examples: amd64, i386, armhf, arm64). Bloom itself does not have or perform any architecture-specific functions.
Also how is it possible that given ros package runs on any plateform without cross compilation?
Packages are built in a native environment for each target platform. On the ROS 1 build farm, those native environments are provided by custom Docker images which include qemu-user-static binaries for emulating the native platform. Which is one reason why those builds tend to require more time. On the ROS 2 build farm we are using native ARM machines to provide the armhf and arm64 builds.
Asked: 2020-10-06 07:48:06 -0500
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Last updated: Oct 07 '20
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