This is why we generally separate out messages into their own packages.  It
lets you separate the interface (msgs/srvs) from the node/library.

Josh

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Daniel Grollman <daniel.grollman@epfl.ch>wrote:

> Howdy ROSers,
>
>        I'm looking to build the message classes for a package without
> building
> the actual binaries.  Do-able?  Easy?
>
> Details:  My robot's node requires libraries and hardware that my
> desktop doesn't have.  I'd like to watch the topics being broadcast by
> my robot from my desktop, but I can't because the message classes don't
> exist.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
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