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catkin_make ignores dependencies?

asked 2013-10-25 23:07:23 -0500

Hendrik Wiese gravatar image

updated 2014-01-28 17:18:21 -0500

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I'm not sure what's causing this but catkin_make ignores dependencies for one or two of my packages.

The package x_competitor_layer depends on the message generation of x_eth_interface. I've added this dependency in

  • package.xml (build_depend and run_depend)
  • CMakeLists.txt (x_eth_interface in find_package as well as x_eth_interface_generate_messages in add_dependencies)

of x_competitor_layer package.

But still catkin_make doesn't build x_eth_interface_generate_messages first and keeps complaining about a missing header file. I can solve this problem manually by calling catkin_make x_eth_interface_generate_messages first. But catkin should be able to solve it on its own, shouldn't it?

So what could possibly have gone wrong? What might be missing?

Thanks guys!

Cheers, Hendrik

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Maybe it's a different problem, but have you tried to call catkin_make, a few times in row?

Artem gravatar image Artem  ( 2013-10-26 07:08:24 -0500 )edit

Yepp, I have. Sadly to no avail.

Hendrik Wiese gravatar image Hendrik Wiese  ( 2013-10-26 15:01:05 -0500 )edit

Please provide a minimal rosinstall file for your workspace (or point to repos containing the code in question) which allows to reproduce your issue.

Dirk Thomas gravatar image Dirk Thomas  ( 2013-10-27 21:02:32 -0500 )edit

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answered 2013-10-26 02:22:55 -0500

KruseT gravatar image

Difficult to tell what goes wrong without seeing the actual cmake code of x_competitor_layer. Check for typos.

Note that it should be preferable not to refer to implicit targets anymore, as discussed here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ros-sig-buildsystem/dvVO5QCHBLM/gJpUcUWYHt0J

I realize nobody updated the docs though ( https://github.com/ros/catkin/issues/547 ).

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Hmm, I'm afraid, I don't really get it, because I don't have that much of an insight into the guts of ROS, yet. I guess, the best for me is to stick with the unresolved dependencies for the time being and solve them manually whenever recompiling comes necessary.

Hendrik Wiese gravatar image Hendrik Wiese  ( 2013-10-30 00:32:31 -0500 )edit

This is not much about ROS, but mostly about cmake. Possibly you made a typo in find_dependencies, or used it on the wrong target, or missed a target, etc. The possibilities are endless, if you want help, paste the error log and the CMakeLists.txt

KruseT gravatar image KruseT  ( 2013-11-03 03:56:01 -0500 )edit

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