Each library in ardupilot is a folder with the source in. That avoids build
failures when there are files in libraries/. That fixes#4099 ("waf doesn't
seem to like TAGS files") and #4093 ("sim_vehicle.py /w waf /w eclipse project
broken on Cygwin").
That problem can be reproduced by just creating a file in libraries/ and trying
to build with waf.
There should be a better way to confirm a path is an ardupilot library. That
can be done later.
When trying to execute sim_vehicle.py this is the current output:
Warning: Could not find '../Tools/autotest/../../ArduCopter/../build/sitl/bin/arducopter-quad',
starting '/bin/bash' instead. Please check your profile settings.
Fix the path to the binary and use absolute paths to ease the debug.
Add noreturn attribute to field_not_found(). This function always call
abort() if the field was not found. The compiler may not know about it
and may think some variables are used uninitialized:
../../Tools/Replay/LR_MsgHandler.cpp: In member function ‘void LR_MsgHandler_GPA_Base::update_from_msg_gpa(uint8_t, uint8_t*)’:
../../Tools/Replay/LR_MsgHandler.cpp:212:24: error: ‘sacc’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
gps.setHIL_Accuracy(gps_offset, vdop*0.01f, hacc*0.01f, vacc*0.01f, sacc*0.01f, have_vertical_velocity, sample_ms);
^
Instead of just initializing the variable (which is pointless in this case),
teach the compiler that this function never returns so require_field() works
properly.
This is a hackish way to allow waf running on windows. In some
combinations of the tools the python interpreter seems to be crashing on
windows:
Found 180 MAVLink message types in 2 XML files
Generating C implementation in directory /tmp/ArduPlane.build/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/include/mavlink/v1.0/ardupilotmega
Generating C implementation in directory /tmp/ArduPlane.build/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/include/mavlink/v1.0/common
Copying fixed headers
last line in mavgen.py
Aborted (core dumped)
michael@WIN-3NBOUTHN4TN /cygdrive/c/Users/michael/Desktop/DIYDrones/ardupilot/ArduPlane
$ echo $?
134
Here we check the return code to be greater than 128 since that means the
interpreter received a signal. In this case we clear the return code.
sim_vehicle.py: choose default waf_target based on specified vehicle
sim_vehicle.py: add --no-rebuild-on-failure option
sim_vehicle.py: make help clearer by adding option groups
