[ros-users] Fwd: [ros-sig-robot-control] Critical bugfix: Avoid control_toolbox 1.13.1

[G.A. vd. Hoorn - 3ME]

Seeing as I've answered a few questions on ROS Answers just by pointing 
to this issue, I think it makes sense to forward it to this list as well.


Gijs


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Subject: [ros-sig-robot-control] Critical bugfix: Avoid control_toolbox 
1.13.1
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 17:50:54 +0200
From: Adolfo Rodríguez Tsouroukdissian <adolfo.rodriguez at pal-robotics.com>
To: ros-sig-robot-control at googlegroups.com 
<ros-sig-robot-control at googlegroups.com>, ros-users <ros-users at code.ros.org>

All,

If you use control_toolbox in indigo or jade, read on.

A critical bug has been identified in the PID implementation of
control_toolbox 1.13.1, and fixed in 1.13.2 [1]. This bugfix is 
important because if the bug is triggered, it can make hardware 
unstable. What to do:

- Indigo users: Stay on 1.13.0 or lower, or wait for 1.13.2, which has just
been released (it might take some days for the binaries to churn out).

- Jade testers: Build from source, or wait for 1.13.2 to make it through.

- Folks building from source: Avoid working on bc45790 [2], preferably pull
the latest changes.

- Hydro users are unaffected.

As to how long the bug has been out there: 1.13.1 was released on April 30,
2015, but announcement of the indigo sync took place yesterday, on May 22.

Best regards, and sorry for the inconvenience.

[1] https://github.com/ros-controls/control_toolbox/issues/40
[2]
https://github.com/ros-controls/control_toolbox/commit/bc45970b685c3cfdb33672897a3eec090b28ee71