All outputs from catkin build are stdOutputs even when errors.

[Levi-Armstrong]

System Info

• Operating System: 4.4.0-31-generic build: Overlay package isn't used by a dependent package if the dependent package has already been configured against system package #50~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 01:07:32 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Python Version: Python 2.7.6
• Version of catkin_tools: catkin_tools 0.4.2
• ROS Distro: Indigo

Build / Run Issue

I am currently working on integrating catkin_tools into the ROS Project Manager for Qt Creator and I noticed that it appears that all of the build outputs are going out as stdOuput where when using catkin_make warning like the one below go out as stdError. This is causing issues with Qt Creator because it expects certain compiler warnings and errors to go out as stdErrror.

In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:40:0,
                 from /opt/ros/indigo/include/simple_message/log_wrapper.h:36,
                 from /home/larmstrong/catkin_ws/catkin_rss_ws/src/motoman/motoman_driver/include/motoman_driver/simple_message/motoman_motion_ctrl.h:38,
                 from /home/larmstrong/catkin_ws/catkin_rss_ws/src/motoman/motoman_driver/include/motoman_driver/motion_ctrl.h:36,
                 from /home/larmstrong/catkin_ws/catkin_rss_ws/src/motoman/motoman_driver/include/motoman_driver/joint_trajectory_streamer.h:38,
                 from /home/larmstrong/catkin_ws/catkin_rss_ws/src/motoman/motoman_driver/src/joint_trajectory_streamer.cpp:32:
/home/larmstrong/catkin_ws/catkin_rss_ws/src/motoman/motoman_driver/src/joint_trajectory_streamer.cpp: In static member function ‘static bool motoman::joint_trajectory_streamer::MotomanJointTrajectoryStreamer::VectorToJointData(const std::vector<double>&, industrial::joint_data::JointData&)’:
/opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/console.h:342:176: warning: format ‘%d’ expects argument of type ‘int’, but argument 8 has type ‘std::vector<double>::size_type {aka long unsigned int}’ [-Wformat=]
     ::ros::console::print(filter, __rosconsole_define_location__loc.logger_, __rosconsole_define_location__loc.level_, __FILE__, __LINE__, __ROSCONSOLE_FUNCTION__, __VA_ARGS__)
                                                                                                                                                                                ^
/opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/console.h:345:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘ROSCONSOLE_PRINT_AT_LOCATION_WITH_FILTER’
     ROSCONSOLE_PRINT_AT_LOCATION_WITH_FILTER(0, __VA_ARGS__)
     ^
/opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/console.h:375:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘ROSCONSOLE_PRINT_AT_LOCATION’
       ROSCONSOLE_PRINT_AT_LOCATION(__VA_ARGS__); \
       ^
/opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/console.h:557:35: note: in expansion of macro ‘ROS_LOG_COND’
 #define ROS_LOG(level, name, ...) ROS_LOG_COND(true, level, name, __VA_ARGS__)
                                   ^
/opt/ros/indigo/include/rosconsole/macros_generated.h:214:24: note: in expansion of macro ‘ROS_LOG’
 #define ROS_ERROR(...) ROS_LOG(::ros::console::levels::Error, ROSCONSOLE_DEFAULT_NAME, __VA_ARGS__)
                        ^
/home/larmstrong/catkin_ws/catkin_rss_ws/src/motoman/motoman_driver/src/joint_trajectory_streamer.cpp:65:39: note: in expansion of macro ‘ROS_ERROR’
 #define ROS_ERROR_RETURN(rtn,...) do {ROS_ERROR(__VA_ARGS__); return(rtn);} while(0)
                                       ^
/home/larmstrong/catkin_ws/catkin_rss_ws/src/motoman/motoman_driver/src/joint_trajectory_streamer.cpp:304:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘ROS_ERROR_RETURN’
     ROS_ERROR_RETURN(false, "Failed to copy to JointData.  Len (%d) out of range (0 to %d)",
     ^

Expected Behavior

I would have expected that stdErrors comming from cmake and make would pass through as stdErrors with catkin_tools.

Actual Behavior

It appears that all outputs from catkin build are stdOutput.

[Levi-Armstrong]

It looks like #424 addressed this issue.

[wjwwood]

Ok, I'll close it for now then.

[Levi-Armstrong]

Thank you for making this change, I just tested the latest version and everything works great using catkin tools within an IDE!!!!