General behavior

ROS_DESTDIR

override the location for the staged installation

ROS_IGNORE_TEST_RESULTS

do not fail the build if the dh_auto_test step fails for the listed packages. If set to the special value 1, test failures for all packages will be ignored.

ROS_PYTHON_VERSION

set to 2 or 3 to force the respective Python version for the build

ROS_SKIP_PACKAGES

do not build the listed packages at all

ROS_SKIP_TESTS

skip tests for the listed packages. If set to the special value 1, all package tests will be skipped. This is equivalent to passing nocheck via DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.

Customizing dh_auto_*

For the configure, build, test, and install steps, there are hooks to run additional commands before and after each step. Also, either additional arguments can be passed to the dh_auto_* helpers or the whole step can be replaced by a different command.

ROS_step_ARGS

pass additional arguments to a dh step. The placeholder step stands for one of CONFIGURE, BUILD, TEST, INSTALL, or CLEAN, all in upper-case.

ROS_step_type_ARGS

pass additional arguments to a dh step, but only for packages with a particular build type. Known build types are AMENT_CMAKE, AMENT_PYTHON, CATKIN, and CMAKE.

ROS_step_COMMAND_PREFIX

prepend the given command and its arguments to a dh step. This is intended for wrapper commands which execute the remainder of their arguments, such as xvfb-run, which can be used to run tests in a virtual X server.

ROS_step_type_COMMAND_PREFIX

prepend the given command and its arguments to a dh step, but only for a particular build type.

ROS_EXECUTE_BEFORE_step

execute additional commands before a dh step. The value is subject to some variable expansion (see below) and treated as shell command line.

ROS_EXECUTE_AFTER_step

execute additional commands before a dh step

ROS_EXECUTE_BEFORE_step_type

execute additional commands before a dh step for packages of build type type.

ROS_EXECUTE_AFTER_step_type

execute additional commands after a dh step for packages of build type type.

ROS_EXECUTE_CUSTOM_step

replace the dh step by a custom shell command line. This will replace the entire command line, so any COMMAND_PREFIX will be ignored as well.

ROS_EXECUTE_CUSTOM_step_type

replace the dh step for packages of build type type by a custom shell command line. This will replace the entire command line, so any COMMAND_PREFIX will be ignored as well.

Variable expansions for shell command lines

rosbuilder supports a few placeholders in custom command lines. All values will be quoted as required to prevent spurious shell expansions.

{dir}

the source directory of the currently processed ROS package

{builddir}

the temporary build directory of the currently processed ROS package

{destdir}

the location for the staged installation

{package}

the name of the currently processed ROS package

{package_id}

the sanitized package name, suitable for use as variable identifier

{version}

the version number of the currently procssed ROS package

{build_type}

the build type of the currently processed ROS package