suggest what to do when CATKIN_NONHOMOGENEOUS_WORKSPACE

[k-okada]

this has been asked several times and answers is try catkin_make_isolated

http://answers.ros.org/question/66696/error-with-catkin_make-when-building-package-beginner_tutorials/
http://answers.ros.org/question/66169/pcl-17-install-on-groovy/

[jbohren]

@k-okada it's currently in beta, but I'd suggest trying the new top-level build tool from the catkin_tools package: http://catkin-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

This tool can build catkin and cmake packages simultaneously in the same workspace and can do this in parallel.

Also there are a bunch of additional features in my branch which are still pending review:

http://jbohren-ct.readthedocs.org/en/metadata-file/index.html
https://github.com/jbohren-forks/catkin_tools

[k-okada]

@jbohren thanks for info, I'm aware of that, because dave colman was here until last month and he always show me how your tools are excellent. Do you have plan to release that package as deb or pip? This is my fault, but I have psychological barrier to install new tools from source.

[jbohren]

thanks for info, I'm aware of that, because dave colman was here until last month and he always show me how your tools are excellent. Do you have plan to release that package as deb or pip? This is my fault, but I have psychological barrier to install new tools from source.

Well it will definitely be released after my pull request ( catkin/catkin_tools#80 ) is merged, but that's still pending review by @wjwwood. That probably won't happen until after ROSCon.

[wjwwood]

We aren't going to suggest catkin_tools over cmi until several things are fixed in catkin_tools, see:

• recommend catkin build over catkin_make #611
• meta: things todo before recommending a switch from cmi catkin/catkin_tools#90

Do you have plan to release that package as deb or pip?

It has already been released once, via apt-get get it is python-catkintools (this will be fixed to be python-catkin-tools in the next release) and via pip it is catkin_tools.

As the original issue, I think it would be a good hint to have in the error message, please consider a pull request:

https://github.com/ros/catkin/blob/indigo-devel/cmake/catkin_workspace.cmake#L88

As @jbohren pointed out, until after ROSCon (this week) we will probably be booked solid.

[dirk-thomas]

Thank you, merged (with slight modification) in c58b1d7.

[k-okada]

thank you for merging and correct English ;-),
Try "the" XYZ "instead". I'll use this expression next time.

[k-okada]

I just want to say catkin_tools is great, thanks!!! @jbohren ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐