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catkin build hangs on circular run depdendency

See original GitHub issue

System Info

Operating System: Linux PDEMUC1CML000024 4.4.0-59-generic #80~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 6 18:02:02 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Python Version: Python 2.7.6
Version of catkin_tools: 0.4.3
ROS Distro: indigo

Build / Run Issue

Works with catkin_make
Works with catkin_make_isolated --merge
Works with catkin build
Works with catkin build -p1

Expected Behavior

[build] Error: The workspace packages have a circular dependency or working build.

Actual Behavior

catkin build hanging.

Steps to Reproduce the Issue

. /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash
mkdir -p /tmp/test_ws/src
cd /tmp/test_ws
catkin init
cd src
catkin create pkg pkg_a --catkin-deps pkg_b
catkin create pkg pkg_b --catkin-deps pkg_a
sed -i '/build_depend/d' pkg_*/package.xml
catkin build

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

130scommented, May 9, 2018

@geoffreychiou (wanna share version info?) just ran into the similar issue today.

0reactions

jsprickecommented, Nov 21, 2019

@Miliks this issue is already closed, please open a new ticket and fill out the template.

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