create post install hook for the debian to init the database

[tfoote]

This will help people avoid tracebacks

[ahendrix]

I just ran into this as well.
+1

[ahendrix]

This lack of an install hook is causing ROS startup problems on the PR2:

[narrow_stereo_left-17] process has died [pid 14176, exit code -6, cmd /opt/ros/groovy/stacks/wge100_driver/wge100_camera/bin/wge100_camera_node /diagnostics:=/diagnostics /diagnostics_agg:=/diagnostics_agg camera:=narrow_stereo/left camera_alternate:=narrow_stereo_textured/left __name:=narrow_stereo_left _log:=/u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/narrow_stereo_left-17.log].
log file: /u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/narrow_stereo_left-17.log
respawning...
[wide_stereo_left-13] restarting process
process[wide_stereo_left-13]: started with pid [14830]
[narrow_stereo_right-16] restarting process
process[narrow_stereo_right-16]: started with pid [14834]
[narrow_stereo_left-17] restarting process
process[narrow_stereo_left-17]: started with pid [14840]
Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyc'> ignored
[rospack] Error: the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and 'rosdep update'
[librospack]: error while executing command
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'pluginlib::LibraryLoadException'
what(): rospack could not find the image_transport package containing image_transport::PublisherPlugin
[prosilica_driver-10] process has died [pid 14546, exit code -6, cmd /opt/ros/groovy/stacks/prosilica_driver/prosilica_camera/bin/prosilica_node /diagnostics:=/diagnostics /diagnostics_agg:=/diagnostics_agg camera:=prosilica __name:=prosilica_driver _log:=/u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/prosilica_driver-10.log].
log file: /u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/prosilica_driver-10.log
respawning...
[prosilica_driver-10] restarting process
process[prosilica_driver-10]: started with pid [15194]
[rospack] Error: the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and 'rosdep update'
[librospack]: error while executing command
[rospack] Error: the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and 'rosdep update'
[librospack]: error while executing command
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'pluginlib::LibraryLoadException'
what(): rospack could not find the image_transport package containing image_transport::PublisherPlugin
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'pluginlib::LibraryLoadException'
what(): rospack could not find the image_transport package containing image_transport::PublisherPlugin

[tfoote]

You're going to need to work around this on the pr2 in the short term. The
post install can do the init, but not the update as the update is specific
to the user.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Austin Hendrix [email protected]:

This lack of an install hook is causing ROS startup problems on the PR2:

[narrow_stereo_left-17] process has died [pid 14176, exit code -6, cmd
/opt/ros/groovy/stacks/wge100_driver/wge100_camera/bin/wge100_camera_node
/diagnostics:=/diagnostics /diagnostics_agg:=/diagnostics_agg
camera:=narrow_stereo/left camera_alternate:=narrow_stereo_textured/left _name:=narrow_stereo_left
_log:=/u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/narrow_stereo_left-17.log].
log file:
/u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/narrow_stereo_left-17.log
respawning...
[wide_stereo_left-13] restarting process
process[wide_stereo_left-13]: started with pid [14830]
[narrow_stereo_right-16] restarting process
process[narrow_stereo_right-16]: started with pid [14834]
[narrow_stereo_left-17] restarting process
process[narrow_stereo_left-17]: started with pid [14840]
Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no
attribute '_Thread_block'",) in ignored
[rospack] Error: the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and
'rosdep update'
[librospack]: error while executing command
terminate called after throwing an instance of
'pluginlib::LibraryLoadException'
what(): rospack could not find the image_transport package containing
image_transport::PublisherPlugin
[prosilica_driver-10] process has died [pid 14546, exit code -6, cmd
/opt/ros/groovy/stacks/prosilica_driver/prosilica_camera/bin/prosilica_node
/diagnostics:=/diagnostics /diagnostics_agg:=/diagnostics_agg
camera:=prosilica __name:=prosilica_driver
_log:=/u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/prosilica_driver-10.log].
log file:
/u/ahendrix/.ros/log/4df6bb56-3c5c-11e2-929a-001517c017d5/prosilica_driver-10.log
respawning...
[prosilica_driver-10] restarting process
process[prosilica_driver-10]: started with pid [15194]
[rospack] Error: the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and
'rosdep update'
[librospack]: error while executing command
[rospack] Error: the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and
'rosdep update'
[librospack]: error while executing command
terminate called after throwing an instance of
'pluginlib::LibraryLoadException'
what(): rospack could not find the image_transport package containing
image_transport::PublisherPlugin
terminate called after throwing an instance of
'pluginlib::LibraryLoadException'
what(): rospack could not find the image_transport package containing
image_transport::PublisherPlugin

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[jon-weisz]

+1 -- also shouldn't rosdep allow alternate locations for sources.list? It appears to ignore ROS_ETC_DIR, which is a little misleading.

[wjwwood]

astraw/stdeb#50

[mikepurvis]

Just want to +1 this as well.

[wjwwood]

Short of me taking partial maintenance of stdeb, I don't see this happening anytime soon.

[NikolausDemmel]

Just for future reference, once #46 is realized, the post-install hook can also update, not only init. @tfoote details how this should probably work here: #50 (comment) . And more discussion about this an related issues: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ros-sig-buildsystem/BsUsgGPbubQ.

[trainman419]

I'm proposing to fix this in #312 . Please review and comment there.