Memo-on-catkin-tools-and-vcs-for-the-SoT.org

@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ package:
 catkin build dynamic-graph-python
 #+end_src
 
+*** Compiling a specific package without its dependencies
+For instance the following command is compiling the dynamic-graph-python
+package:
+#+begin_src
+catkin build dynamic-graph-python --no-deps
+#+end_src
+
 ** Clean all the build part
 #+begin_src bash
 catkin clean 
@@ -146,6 +153,10 @@ Example running the test programs of the package dynamic-graph-python in the wor
 catkin test dynamic-graph-python
 #+end_src
 Note: make sure that the install directory is specified in the environment variables: LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONPATH for instance.
+By default *all* dependent packages will also run the tests. To prevent this it is highly recommended to use:
+#+begin_src bash
+catkin test dynamic-graph-python --no-deps
+#+end_src
 
 ** Computing coverage