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config: Package-specific make/cmake arguments

See original GitHub issue

It would be great to be able to specify make and cmake arguments on a per-package basis. For example, I always build bullet with cmake arguments -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON and -DUSE_DOUBLE_PRECISION=ON. I currently just send those variables to all packages in my workspace, which has worked so far, but it’s not a robust solution.

It would also be great if these arguments could be remembered in the configuration file, so I don’t have to specify them all the time when I do catkin build.

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Created 8 years ago
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jbohrencommented, Jun 11, 2015

The CLI interface could be:

catkin config --package my_pkg --cmake-args -DFoo=1 -DBar=2
catkin config --package my_otherpkg --cmake-args -DFoo=2 -DBar=1

It could look like this when you view the config summary:

-----------------------------------------------------------
Profile:                     default
Extending:          [cached] /opt/ros/hydro
Workspace:                   /home/user/ws/foobar
Source Space:       [exists] /home/user/ws/foobar/src
Build Space:        [exists] /home/user/ws/foobar/build
Devel Space:        [exists] /home/user/ws/foobar/devel
Install Space:     [missing] /home/user/ws/foobar/install
DESTDIR:                     None
-----------------------------------------------------------
Isolate Develspaces:         False
Install Packages:            False
Isolate Installs:            False
-----------------------------------------------------------
Whitelisted Packages:        None
Blacklisted Packages:        None
-----------------------------------------------------------
Internal Job Server:         True
CMake Args:                  No Global Args
 - my_pkg: -DFoo=1 -DBar=2
 - my_otherpkg: -DFoo=2 -DBar=1
Make Args:                   None
Make Args (Catkin):          None
-----------------------------------------------------------
Workspace configuration appears valid.
-----------------------------------------------------------

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Timplecommented, Mar 22, 2021

already supports that use case

Would you mind sharing the syntax for this in colcon? I can’t seem to find it here

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