Kilted: rmw_zenoh_cpp installed by default by ament_cmake_ros?

peci1 · November 24, 2025, 7:50pm

Hi guys, I’ve just noticed I had rmw_zenoh_cpp without explicitly installing it. Not that I would mind

Backtracking who brought it into the system, the reverse dependecies are: rmw_test_fixture_implementation ← ament_cmake_ros .

github.com/ros2/ament_cmake_ros

rmw_test_fixture_implementation/package.xml

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          <author email="logans@cottsay.net">Scott K Logan</author>
          
          <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
          <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake_ros_core</buildtool_depend>
          
          <build_depend>python3-dev</build_depend>
          <build_depend>rmw_implementation</build_depend>
          <build_depend>rmw_implementation_cmake</build_depend>
          
          <!-- Explicit group resolution - see ros-infrastructure/catkin_pkg#369 -->
          <exec_depend condition="$DISABLE_GROUPS_WORKAROUND != 1">rmw_zenoh_cpp</exec_depend>
          
          <exec_depend>rpyutils</exec_depend>
          
          <depend>rcpputils</depend>
          <depend>rcutils</depend>
          <depend>rmw</depend>
          <depend>rmw_test_fixture</depend>
          
          <test_depend>ament_cmake_gtest</test_depend>
          <test_depend>ament_cmake_pytest</test_depend>

Is that right? I thought there’s only one default RMW installed (FastDDS).

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Kilted: rmw_zenoh_cpp installed by default by ament_cmake_ros?

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