Changelog for package catkin

0.8.11 (2025-04-10)

Port symlink_install fixes from ament_cmake to catkin (#1199)
Fix symlink install versioned shared library (#1197)
Default to number of usable CPUs if possible (#1180)
Fix non-atomic atomic_configure_file (#1150)
Fix typo in docstring (#1172)
Add native support to fish shell (#1168)
Update package maintainers (#1157)
Fix catkin_install_python(): ignore whitespaces in shebang (#1156)
Fix typo (#1147)
Contributors: Felipe Gomes de Melo, G.A. vd. Hoorn, Gašper Simonič, Geoffrey Biggs, Matthijs van der Burgh, Scott K Logan, Tully Foote, wico-silva, zig-for

0.8.10 (2021-04-22)

Fix problem with Googletest's LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY (#1135)
deduplicate dependency lists of exported code generation targets (#1123)
Update maintainers (#1124)
Contributors: Michael Carroll, Timo Röhling, pseyfert

0.8.9 (2020-10-14)

set CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIBEXEC_DESTINATION which was documented but not set (#1122)
count 'skipped' tests as skipped (#1121)
check PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR before making directory (#1120)
execute the output of _setup_util.py in place (#1116)
use raw string literal (#1117)
[Windows] offload source spaces into order_paths.py (#1113)

0.8.8 (2020-07-24)

use single quote for cached environment values without old values (#1108)
[Windows] avoid file COPY for symlink sources (#1109)
[Windows] add .lib into the symlink install file list (#1110)

0.8.7 (2020-07-14)

explicitly call project() in toplevel CMakeLists.txt (#1106)
add Arch Linux gtest path (#1105)
fix symlink install python when shebang line is rewritten (#1100)
fix CATKIN_SYMLINK_INSTALL with add_subdirectory() (#1102)
define GMOCK_* and GTEST_* variables in a new subproject (#1101)

0.8.6 (2020-05-28)

error message python-empy -> python3-empy (#1095)

0.8.5 (2020-05-21)

stop catkin from trying to find C++ libraries if not needed (#1083)
[Windows] make more relocatable wrapper (#1086)
suppress FPHSA name mismatch for empy (#1093)

0.8.4 (2020-05-14)

fix GTest detection when cmake-extras is installed (#1091)
fix gtest_source_paths (#1088)
fix -egg-base path to point to the build space (#1090)

0.8.3 (2020-04-14)

also rewrite shebang lines with whitespace in catkin_install_python (#1079)

0.8.2 (2020-04-06)

use Python 3 shebang (#1076)
stamp env hook before copying (#1075)
set egg-base for setuptools packages (#1073)
[Windows] Accommodate different drives for --root (#1071)
[Windows] stop setuptools egg packaging (#1070)

0.8.1 (2020-03-02)

always pass --root to setuptools install (#1068)
allow flexible CMake minimum version in metapackage CMake code (#1065)
[Windows] generate executables without extension name (#1061, #1063)
fix CATKIN_INSTALL_INTO_PREFIX_ROOT for win32 (#1058)

0.8.0 (2020-01-24)

install devel space wrapper for Python scripts (#1044)
various code cleanup (#1055)
make catkin_install_python code a little clearer (#1054)

0.7.21 (2020-01-23)

bump CMake minimum version in tests and docs (#1053)
bump CMake minimum version to use new behavior of CMP0048 (#1052)
Prefer setuptools with Python 3 (#1048)
Support use of gmake on FreeBSD (#1051)
Fix if statement in catkin_libraries (#1050)
Update gtest config documentation (#1046)

0.7.20 (2019-12-10)

fix checking dependency conditions (#1041)
fix gtest-not-found bug, regression from 0.7.19 (#1040)
support build_type tag with condition attribute (#1038)
use ${prefix} variable in generated pkg-config (#1037)
check for INTERFACE library type in add_library function (#1034)

0.7.19 (2019-10-08)

support for pytest 5.1+ jUnit result files (#1033)
fix -pthread handling in Debian buster (#1021)
gmock from source on Debian buster (#1022)
[windows] update a typo in local_setup.bat.in (#1029)
fix test when using different Python version (#1028)
add a blacklist option to make_isolated (#1027)
use condition attributes to specify Python 2 and 3 dependencies (#1025)
change relay script to use current Python executable (#1024)
remove executable bit and shebang line (#1023)
correctly set gtest 1.8 root directory (#1014)
fix interface targets that do not have libraries (#1013)
fix catkin_make on Windows (#1020)
prefix install target with project name (#1019)
[Windows][kinetic-devel] fix build issues with specific build type (#1015)
fix Python 3 version used by travis (#1016)

0.7.18 (2019-06-07)

add catkin_make(_isolated) default parameters for Windows developers (#1011)
fix order of bin/lib in PATH on Windows (#1010)
clarify consequences of running setup.py manually (#1009)
update docs for dynamic reconfigure (#1001)

0.7.17 (2019-03-18)

fix setup.sh/env.sh filename, regression from 0.7.15 (#1000)

0.7.16 (2019-03-12)

protection against double -l in pkg-config files (#998)
add error message to the setup.sh if devel space relocation is attempted (#997)

0.7.15 (2019-03-04)

add local_setup files (#993)
update docs to suggest 'test' path instead of 'tests'. (#990)
generate CTest and dart config to avoid warnings (#987)
fix PYTHONPATH missing in cached environment (#986)
add double quotes around cmake_command to handle spaces (#976)
strip "-l" from "-lpthread" library, to fix a build failure on ros-ros-comm (#975)
correct Python executable in CMake files (#977)
need to sanitize paths before cprint (#969)
add friendly error message for ros/catkin#961 (#964)
document how to install python subpackages (#962)
add existing catkin logo to README (#959)
fix warnings in docs
install environment hooks into a package-specific directory (#953)
fix race condition with catkin_tools in parallel builds (#955)
use CATKIN_GLOBAL_ETC_DESTINATION instead of etc (#954)
remove CMAKE_MODULE_PATH from list of "forbidden" variables (#951)
Windows related:
- add win_ros script wrappers to make Python scripts executable (#978)
- fix python_distutils_install.bat.in (#992)
- add script.bat.in template for general use (#981)
- normalize paths in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH for proper comparison (#979)
- update windows.cmake to fix common build issues on Windows (#984)
- update builder.py to add Windows support (#982)
- ensure desired Python path is added into PATH in setup.bat (#983)
- check both IMPORTED_IMPLIB_ and IMPORTED_LOCATION_ in catkin_libraries.cmake (#980)
- enable catkin build use_nmake on Windows (#949)

0.7.14 (2018-06-06)

terminal_color is now in catkin_pkg, regression from 0.7.13 (#943)
fix permission of CMake file (#942)

0.7.13 (2018-05-31)

add separate option CATKIN_INSTALL_INTO_PREFIX_ROOT (#940)
find the Python version specified in ROS_PYTHON_VERSION (#939)
move catkin_prepare_release script as well as dependencies to catkin_pkg (#941)

0.7.12 (2018-05-01)

add CMake option for symlink install (#929)
use verbatim on test target to fix testing with Ninja (#935)
do not add_library() gmock and gtest if targets already exist (#927)
modernize Python 2 code to get ready for Python 3 (#928)
remove Python 3.3 specific code because it is end of life (#924)
fix an error in the comment. (#930)
fix typos (#934)

0.7.11 (2018-02-02)

catkin_add_gtest: drop explicit add_dependencies(), rely on CMake. (#917)
prevent reading non-whitelisted properties of interface targets (#916)
fix logic when only gtest is present (#919)
add option to pass specific version to catkin_prepare_release (#918)

0.7.10 (2018-01-24)

support for googletest 1.8 and deduplicated code (#914)

0.7.9 (2018-01-22)

add support for GMock (#897)
provide default values to unbound variables in setup.sh.in (#907)
cleanup environment changes reliably (#906)
call the find PythonInterp with version in the arguments (#898)
fix python3 support for builder.py (#903)
fix Unicode write error (#902)

0.7.8 (2017-10-27)

handle EOF on raw_input (#888)
dynamically check gtest library type (#885)
remove executable flag since file is not a script (#882)

0.7.7 (2017-07-27)

fix warning in case devel space is nested in the build space (#880)
remove workaround using -l:<libpath> necessary for older pkg-config versions (#879)
replace exec call with runpy.run_path (#873)
use environment variable to extend environment in plain shell (#862)
prefer reporting problems to bugtracker / website before maintainer (#861)

0.7.6 (2017-02-17)

skip gtest install rules for newer gtest versions (#857)

0.7.5 (2017-02-14)

update --pkg help for catkin_make_isolated (#853)
add skipped / disabled tests to catkin_test_results summary (#848)
use functions instead of macros where possible to avoid leaking variables (#835)
write output of parsing package xml as UTF-8 for Python 3 (#828)
update documentation

0.7.4 (2016-09-25)

fix regression in logic to select make / ninja for CMake packages from 0.7.2 (#826)

0.7.3 (2016-09-19)

relax fixed DEPENDS check from last release (#825)

0.7.2 (2016-09-02)

change warning to status when nosetests was not found (#823)
maintain file context when invoking Python scripts through relay (#820)
fix rollback logic for more than one value per environment variable and workspace (#819)
add option to use NMake instead of Make (#816)
fix check if DEPENDS was found (#813)
fix quoting of paths to handle spaces (#808)
update doc of catkin_package to clarify importance of case for variable names
improve doc about catkin_package(CFG_EXTRAS) (#805)
doc: fix format 2 howto to suggest to declare a build export dependency on "message_runtime"

0.7.1 (2016-03-18)

expose format 2 style dependencies as CMake variables (#787)

0.7.0 (2016-03-04)

remove CPATH from setup files (#783)
use NO_MODULE to find exported catkin dependencies (#760)

0.6.17 (2016-03-03)

fix docs: nosetest target names use periods (#781)
add custom message explaining CMake find_package error messages (#780)
fix regression with DESTDIR introduced in 0.6.16 (#755)
avoid adding nonexistent paths to environment variables (#777)
ensure that Python install destination exists (#775, https://github.com/ros/catkin/issues/776)
set commonly predefines attributes when interrogating setup.py files (#770)
align Python script directory recommendations with REP-0008 (#769)
fix default value for _workspaces in find_in_workspaces (#768)
improve robustness of exec call interogating setup.py files (#766 <https://github.com/ros/catkin/issues/766>)
fix reinstalling Python files installed by catkin_install_python after modifying them (#764)
fix project specific clean_test_results targets (#762)
update generated CMake API

0.6.16 (2015-11-09)

remove -x in Python distutils shell script (#755)

0.6.15 (2015-09-19)

adding check to prevent tool cross talk (#743)
only clean the test result ending with .xml of the current project (#737)
fix regression in find_in_workspaces (#739)
fix setup.py package_dir location logic (#751)

0.6.14 (2015-04-20)

support zsh with NOCLOBBER enabled (#734)

0.6.13 (2015-04-17)

allow setting CATKIN_GLOBAL_LIBEXEC_DESTINATION to libexec (#713)

0.6.12 (2015-04-16)

remove CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR environment variable (#728)
catkin_test_results will output skipped xml files only when --all is being passed (#733)
extract catkin_add_executable_with_gtest() from catkin_add_gtest() (#726)
separate download function from tests (#633)
only install environment hooks for catkin_make(_isolated) completion in the catkin package (#732)
avoid warning with CMake 3.1 and newer (#731)
quote command in "Reproduce this error" instructions (#730)
fix Python error when working with non-ascii characters in catkin workspace path (#724)
use $TMPDIR for temporary _setup_util.py file if set (#710)
fix regex for library config types (#723)
fix potential race condition in download_checkmd5.py (#715)
output package whitelist / blacklist if set (#714)
add --verbose option to catkin_test_results to show the content of result files (#705)
source in reset zsh emulation mode (#686)
improve help text for --only-pkg-with-deps (#706)

0.6.11 (2014-12-29)

fix return code for tests run by ctest (#703)

0.6.10 (2014-12-22)

check changes to -D args CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX / CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX when considering to reinvoke cmake (#700)
add --use-ninja option to catkin_make(_isolated) to use ninja instead of make (#693)
remove 'emulate sh' from setup.zsh (#686)
set terminal title only when isatty (#687)
add description to catkin_make for ignoring packages
add suggestion to use catkin_make_isolated for non-homogeneous workspaces
refactor code from run_tests.py into Python module (#678)

0.6.9 (2014-07-11)

fix regression from 0.6.8 (#676)

0.6.8 (2014-07-10)

make nosetests --xunit-file argument an absolute path to work around nose bug 779 (#659)
fix handling of CMake packages which do not install any files (#665)
fix gtest on Arch Linux and others (#663)
improve generation of .catkin marker file (#671, #676)
escape messages to avoid CMake warning (#667)
fix CMake warning for doxygen target with CMake 3 (#660)
avoid using ARGN for efficiency (#669)

0.6.7 (2014-06-16)

reset CATKIN_SHELL in devel space generated env.sh files (#652, #655)
ignore cd path echo when using CDPATH (#654)
use PYTHON_EXECUTABLE for _setup_util.py (#646)
expose PYTHON_EXECUTABLE to environment hook .em templates (#645)
catkin_prepare_release:
- add --no-push to catkin_prepare_release (#657)
- flush stdin before asking for input (#658)

0.6.6 (2014-06-02)

fix rollback of environment when workspace has been deleted (#641)
fix argument handling when cm / cmi is invoked in a symlinked folder (#638)

0.6.5 (2014-05-25)

fix regression in catkin_make_isolated from 0.6.4 (#624)
fix problem when catkin_make / catkin_make_isolated is invoked in a symlinked folder (#638)

0.6.4 (2014-05-07)

add architecture independent flag in package.xml (#625)
add error message for circular dependencies in catkin_make_isolated and catkin_topological_order (#607, #608)
add multiarch support for catkin environment files (#545)
add workspace marker file for catkin_make / catkin_make_isolated (#304)
allow better performance for repeated invocations of find_in_workspaces()
consider test_depends for topolocial order (#612)
invoke empy with specific Python interpreter (#620)
support setting ${PROJECT_NAME}_LIBRARIES before invoking catkin_package() (#609)
update package manifest to format 2 (#619)
fixes:
- fix catkin_find to not return path with '/.' suffix (#621)
- fix python path setting for plain cmake workspaces (#618)
- improve unicode handling (#615)
- replace CMake usage of IMPORTED_IMPLIB with IMPORTED_LOCATION (#616)
- do not call chpwd hooks in setup.zsh (#613)
- set catkin_* variables only when find_package(catkin COMPONENTS ...) (#629)

0.6.3 (2014-03-04)

allow passing absolute INCLUDE_DIRS via catkin_package() into CMake config file in install space (#600, #601)
improve error messages for wrong include dirs

0.6.2 (2014-02-24)

use underlay workspaces when calculating topological order (#590)
remove restriction to run unit test single threaded (#597)
support using nosetests with Python3 (#593)
remove invalid symbolic links of workspace level CMakeLists.txt file (#591)
remove debug_message usage from generated pkgConfig.cmake files (#583)
use catkin_install_python() to install Python scripts (#596)
fix unicode error with japanese LANG (#578)
fix gtest include dir when using gtest inside the workspace (#585)

0.6.1 (2014-01-29)

remove more obsolete files (#582)

0.6.0 (2014-01-29)

remove deprecated functionality (#582)
remove eigen CMake config files (#492)
fix EXPORTED_TARGETS argument for catkin_package() (#581)

0.5.80 (2014-01-27)

fix library deduplication (#565)

0.5.79 (2014-01-09)

fix handling of not found imported libraries (#565)

0.5.78 (2014-01-07)

add support for py_modules in setup.py (#399)
fix order and deduplication of of catkin_LIBRARIES (#558)
update handling of library deduplication to support build configuration keywords in the whole process (#565)
Python 3 related:
- python 3 compatibility (#544)
- add option to specify Python version (#570)
- add catkin_install_python function (#573)
catkin_make and catkin_make_isolated:
- add --only-pkg-with-deps option
- fix completion for -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE and -DCATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING
catkin_make_isolated:
- add empty line between packages for better readability
- update command line doc (#534)
- fix generated setup.sh for plain cmake package when path contains spaces
- fix to actually build run_depends before the things that depend on them
- fix check if environment exists with DESTDIR
update setup scripts to use builtin cd command (#542)
improve docs on system library dependencies (#552)
install scripts under bin via setup.py (#555)
update download script to resume downloads when server supports it (#559)
add error handling when _setup_util.py fails, e.g. due to disk full (#561)
add atomic_configure_file to work support parallel builds better (#566)
update catkin_test_results usage message to mention return code (#576)
prefix invocation of python script with PYTHON_EXECUTABLE (ros/genpy#23)
update toplevel.cmake to use catkin_find_pkg instead of trying a fixed location to find catkin in the workspace
modify gtest message level to only warn if gtest is not available but a package trys to register a gtest
update run_tests to work robustly in parallel
use sys.exit and not just exit
catkin_prepare_release: undo quoting of commit messages

0.5.77 (2013-10-09)

catkin_prepare_release: show tag name explicitly when using tag prefix (#528)
catkin_make_isolated:
- separate devel and install build folders for plain cmake packages cleanly without polluting namespace (#532)
- fix build folder naming (regression from 0.5.75)
- fix setup generation if last package in workspace is plain cmake (#530)
- fix creating missing folder

0.5.76 (2013-10-06)

fix regression in catkin_make from 0.5.75

0.5.75 (2013-10-04)

add --all option to catkin_test_results
improve svn support in catkin_prepare_release
keep build folder of plain CMake packages completely isolated between devel and install (#374)
fix handling of spaces in path (#519)
fix generated setup.bash|zsh for isolated devel space (#520)
fix env.sh for plain cmake packages to not define _CATKIN_SETUP_DIR (#521)
fix crash when DESTDIR is specified but install not asked for (#526)
update doc for downloading test data from download.ros.org
update environment hook doc (#516)

0.5.74 (2013-09-18)

support multiple package names for catkin_make --pkg (#504)
improve help message on catkin_make_isolated --from-pkg
fix include path in generated .pc files to be absolute (#506, regression of 0.5.72)
fix handling DESTDIR in catkin_make_isolated for plain cmake packages (#499)
fix catkin_python_setup to consider actual package names inside setup.py when signaling that an __init__.py file is installed to genmsg/dynamic_reconfigure (ros/genmsg#34)
fix unsetting temporary variables - especially CATKIN_SETUP_DIR - to not influence next environment (#505)

0.5.73 (2013-08-23)

fix include dirs in generated CMake config file when a non-catkin package depends on a catkin package (regression of #490)

0.5.72 (2013-08-21)

make catkin packages relocatable (#490)
catkin_prepare_release:
- add tagging changelog sections (#489)
- add warning when trying to release non-catkin packages (#478)
- add --tag-prefix option (#447)
catkin_make_isolated:
- support installation with DESTDIR (#490)
- handle missing install target gracefully
- fix message with command to reproduce (#496)
fix completion for catkin_make(_isolated) for older bash completion (#485)
fix Python3.2 compatibility (#487)
update documentation (#438, #467, #495, #497)

0.5.71 (2013-07-20)

catkin_make_isolated: show progress in terminal title bar on Linux and Darwin (#482)
catkin_prepare_release: add warning if package names contain upper case characters (#473)
catkin_make: fix handling of non-ascii characters (#476)
fix dry tests by disabling CTest for dry packages (#483)
update documentation (#474)

0.5.70 (2013-07-14)

add warning if versioned dependencies are not fulfilled (#472)
catkin_prepare_release:
- add checks for local changes in the working copy (#471)
- remove '--push' option in favor of interactive questions
- improve error message when branch is not tracked (#463)
- colorize output for improved readability
catkin_make_isolated:
- suppress traceback when a package fails to build (#470)
- improve output to include 'cd' command to reproduce a failing command more easily
fix initialization issue with CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING variable (#464)
find nosetest under different name on QNX (#461)
update documentation (#438, #465, #468)

0.5.69 (2013-07-05)

disable CTest on the farm since it breaks the binarydeb build with the current Debian rules files (#460)
skip generating CATKIN_IGNORE marker file when build space equals source space (#459)
fix warning message if gtest is not found (#458)

0.5.68 (2013-07-03)

add option CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING to configure without tests
add CTest support for all registered test types: gtest, nosetest, rostest
add the --from-pkg option to catkin_make_isolated
catkin_prepare_release:
- fix if git repo has multiple remotes (#450)
- modify to not change the remote repo by default, add option --push for old behavior (#451)
add 'prefix' to generated pkg-config files (#444)
add dummy target to catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS if empty (#453)
expose SETUPTOOLS_DEB_LAYOUT as option again (#418)
suppress stacktrace when topologic_order raises within generating CMake files (#442)
fixes:
- update check in generated pkgConfig.cmake files to work independent of cmake policy CMD0012 (#452)
- fix generating pkg-config files with empty -I directives (#445)
update documentation, especially about testing
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.68

0.5.67 (2013-06-18)

fix --build and --directory auto completion for catkin_make(_isolated) (#325)
fix catkin_make(_isolated) auto completion on older versions of bash on OS X (#325)
add how-to documentation
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.67

0.5.66 (2013-06-06)

add new CMake function catkin_download_test_data, mark download_test_data as deprecated (#426, #431)
catkin_make and catkin_make_isolated:
- add bash autocompletion (#325)
- allow passing MAKEFLAGS (#402)
catkin_make_isolated:
- allow building empty workspace (#423, #425)
- add --catkin-make-args which enables calling 'catkin_make_isolated run_tests' (#414)
catkin_prepare_release:
- execute the commands rather than printing them (#417)
- warn about missing changelog files
- validate metapackages (#404)
auto detect former SETUPTOOLS_DEB_LAYOUT (#418)
fixes:
- fix error using sys.stdout.encoding without checking existance
- remove linker flag -lrt for Android (#430)
- fix resetting IFS shell variable when it was unset before (#427)
- ensure to only return unique source paths from a workspace marker file (#424)
- catkin_make_isolated:
  - fix chaining of plain cmake packages (#422)
  - fix --install error for non-catkin packages (#411)
  - only try to remove Makefile if it exists (#420, regression from 0.5.64)
  - fix detection of python paths for plain cmake packages
update documentation:
- update API doc of several CMake functions and macros
- add generated CMake API to appear in the wiki (#384)
add and install LICENSE file (#398)
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.66

0.5.65 (2013-03-21)

remove including workspace.cmake if it exists, use -C and/or -DCMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE instead (#377)
change catkin_test_results return code based on failing tests (#392)
apply CATKIN_BUILD_BINARY_PACKAGE for catkin (#395)
modify extra file handling to make the generated code relocatable (#369)
various improvements and fixes for Windows (#388, #390, #391, #393, ros-infrastructure/catkin_pkg#35)
fixes:
- fix --force-cmake for catkin_make_isolation (regression from 0.5.64)
- fix catkin_package_version and catkin_prepare_release when no packages are found (#387)
- fix catkin_prepare_release bumping wrong part of the version (#386)
- handle dependencies that are imported libraries (#378)
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.65

0.5.64 (2013-03-08)

disable env.sh without args (#370)
add --bump to catkin_prepare_release
add EXPORTED_TARGETS to catkin_package() for cross-package target dependencies (#368)
enable cfg extras with absolute path and devel/install space specific
enable additional cfg extra files via project specific global variable
allow overriding CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR via cmake argument (#365)
add options to skip generation of cmake config and pkg-config files (#360)
catkin_make and catkin_make_isolated:
- add --(c)make-args options to pass arbitrary arguments (#376)
catkin_make:
- enable to build individual package (#348)
- enable to build metapackages without CMakeLists.txt (#349)
- add colorization of several error messages
catkin_make_isolated:
- requires metapackages to have a CMakeLists.txt (#349)
- force cmake for plain cmake packages when --install is toggled (#374)
- switched default output from quiet to verbose (#331)
- print full stacktrace to better diagnose internal problems (#373)
various improvements and fixes for Windows (#276, #351, #358, #359)
fixes:
- catkin_make and catkin_make_isolated:
  - ignore install space and any subspaces when searching packages (#361)
- catkin_make_isolated:
  - ensure that install space exists before trying to create a env.sh file for cmake projects (#340)
  - fix generated env.sh file if first package is plain cmake (#340)
  - remove old Makefile when cmake fails
- fix sourcing some environment hooks multiple times
- fix handling spaces in folder names (ros/catkin#375)
- fix usage of ROS_PARALLEL_JOBS (#335)
- prefix all temp variable in setup.sh (i.e. to not collide in zsh) (#338)
- setup.sh: check that temp file was created successfully, call rm command instead of potential alias (#343)
update documentation:
- update doc on CFG_EXTRAS (#353)
- general catkin docs (#357)
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.64

0.5.63 (2013-01-24)

add sanity check to catkin_make that no CMakeLists.txt exists in the base path (#328)
catkin_make and catkin_make_isolated:
- add -lN besides -jN (#326)
- support inverted color scheme (#323)
catkin_make_isolated:
- allow building individual packages (#322)
- add support for -D options (#306)
- generate setup.sh file (#327)
- print instructions how to reproduce errors in case a command returns non-zero return code
fixes:
- readd old _setup_util.py to not break environment of workspaces built with 0.5.58 or older (#329)
- fix sourcing environment hooks
- improve several error messages in case of problems (#318, #320)
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.63

0.5.62 (2013-01-17)

fixes:
- add check to catkin_make to force cmake when cmake-specific arguments change
- force cmake on workspace changes in catkin_make_isolated (#315)
- source environment hooks for all workspace in correct order (#316)
- fix PYTHON_PACKAGES_DIR and SETUPTOOLS_ARG_EXTRA to be up-to-date when passing -DSETUPTOOLS_DEB_LAYOUT=.. (#314)
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.62

0.5.61 (2013-01-16)

yet another workaround for pkg-config handling static libraries (#300)
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.61

0.5.60 (2013-01-15)

work around for pkg-config reordering libs with no -l prefix (#300)
fix colorizing of unicode text in catkin_make and catkin_make_isolated (#310)
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.60

0.5.59 (2013-01-13)

improve performance to source setup.sh for nested workspaces (#289)
remove obsolete BUILD variables and find_package(ROS)
improve error message when command execution or colorization fails (#298)
catkin_make keeps track of previously build packages and forces cmake on changes (#290)
fix pkg-config for absolute libraries (#300)
fix catkin_toplogical_order (#299)
make plain cmake install to devel when --install not present (#302)
fix creating test_results folder before trying to use it when running tests
for a complete list of changes see the commit log for 0.5.59

0.5.58 (2012-12-21)

first public release for Groovy