having to compile msgs and srvs first

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Hi all,

I'm working with a large stack that includes some custom ROS messages and services.

Every time I try to compile from scratch, catkin yells at me about not knowing where certain message header files are.

To fix this problem, I do a catkin_make --pkg on the specific service package or message package I'm trying to use.

Is there any way to force compilation of those packages first? It doesn't really make sense that they're not being compiled first to begin with as they're listed as build and run depends in the package.xml's of the packages that complain.

Thanks!