Why catkin do not generate message headers?
I don't understand why, Catkin don't generate message headers. I have two packages. With one of them (ppl_detection) catkin works properly -- all headers are generated. But for another (ros_johnny5) -- it not works. Here CMakeList.txt for the both packages:
ppl_detection
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3) project(ppl_detection) set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug) find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS roscpp rospy std_msgs message_generation roslaunch tf pcl_ros laser_geometry visualization_msgs geometry_msgs ) find_package(PCL) add_message_files( FILES Human.msg Tracker.msg ) generate_messages( DEPENDENCIES std_msgs geometry_msgs visualization_msgs ) ################################### ## catkin specific configuration ## ################################### catkin_package( INCLUDE_DIRS include # LIBRARIES ros_ssc32 CATKIN_DEPENDS message_runtime # DEPENDS system_lib ) ########### ## Build ## ########### include_directories( ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PCL_INCLUDE_DIRS} include ) add_library(ppl_detection src/svm.cpp src/pca.cpp src/plyfile.c ) add_executable(kinect_detect src/kinect_detect.cpp ) target_link_libraries(kinect_detect ppl_detection ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${PCL_LIBRARIES} ) add_dependencies(kinect_detect ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp ) add_executable(train src/train.cpp ) target_link_libraries(train ppl_detection ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${PCL_LIBRARIES} ) add_dependencies(train ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp ) add_executable(predict src/predict.cpp ) target_link_libraries(predict ppl_detection ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${PCL_LIBRARIES} ) add_dependencies(predict ${PROJECT_NAME}_generate_messages_cpp )
ros_johnny5
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3) project(ros_johnny5) set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug) ## Find catkin macros and libraries ## if COMPONENTS list like find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS xyz) ## is used, also find other catkin packages find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS roscpp rospy std_msgs roslaunch tf ppl_detection genmsg message_generation ) ################################################ ## Declare ROS messages, services and actions ## ################################################ add_message_files( FILES servoMsg.msg servoMsgArray.msg robotState.msg ) ## Generate added messages and services with any dependencies listed here generate_messages( DEPENDENCIES std_msgs ) ################################### ## catkin specific configuration ## ################################### catkin_package( INCLUDE_DIRS inc # LIBRARIES ros_ssc32 CATKIN_DEPENDS message_runtime std_msgs # DEPENDS system_lib ) ########### ## Build ## ########### include_directories( ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} inc ) ## Declare a cpp executable ########## SSC32 NODE ########## set(SSC32_HEADERS inc/ros_ssc32.h ) set(SSC32_SOURCES src/ros_ssc32.cpp ) add_executable(ros_ssc32 ${SSC32_SOURCES} ${SSC32_HEADERS} ) add_library(ros_ssc32_lib src/servo.cpp src/serial.cpp src/robot.cpp ) target_link_libraries(ros_ssc32 ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ros_ssc32_lib ) add_dependencies(ros_ssc32 ros_johnny5_generate_messages_cpp ) ########## SSC32 NODE END ########## ########## BAL NODE ########## set(BAL_INCLUDES inc/johnny_life.h ) set(BAL_SOURCES src/johnny_life.cpp ) add_executable(johnny_life ${BAL_INCLUDES} ${BAL_SOURCES} ) add_library(johnny_life_lib src/positions.cpp ) target_link_libraries(johnny_life ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} johnny_life_lib ) add_dependencies(johnny_life ppl_detection_generate_messages_cpp ) ########## BAL NODE END ########## ########## TEST NODE ########## set(TEST_INCLUDES inc/servo.h inc/serial.h inc/topics.h inc/robot.h ) set(TEST_SOURCES src/test.cpp src/servo.cpp src/serial.cpp inc/topics.h src/robot.cpp ) add_executable(test_node ${TEST_INCLUDES} ${TEST_SOURCES} ) target_link_libraries(test_node ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ) add_dependencies(test_node ros_johnny5_generate_messages_cpp ) ########## TEST NODE END ########## ########## TRACKING NODE ########## set(TRACKING_INCLUDES inc/johnny_skeleton_tracking.h inc/raw_model.h ) set(TRACKING_SOURCES src/johnny_skeleton_tracking.cpp src/raw_model.cpp ) add_executable(tracking_node ${TRACKING_INCLUDES} ${TRACKING_SOURCES} ) target_link_libraries(tracking_node ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ) add_dependencies(tracking_node ros_johnny5_generate_messages_cpp ) ########## TRACKING NODE END ##########
Can you provide the console output ? Dependency on genmsg is not necessary, only message_generation I think.