No activation scripts on Windows for Git Bash on conda #321
Description
Today with @S-Dafarra we spent some time, as a CI job was failing on find_package(rclcpp) was failing with:
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.26100.0 to target Windows 10.0.20348.
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.44.35209.0
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.44.35207/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Found YCM: C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/cmake/YCM (found version "0.18.3")
-- Found YCM: C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/cmake/YCM (found version "0.18.3")
-- Found YARP: C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/lib/cmake/YARP (found version "3.[10](https://github.com/ami-iit/isaac-sim-yarp-bridge/actions/runs/16057347337/job/45314923682?pr=1#step:8:11).1~dev")
-- Found ament_cmake: 1.3.11 (C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/ament_cmake/cmake)
-- Found Python3: C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/python.exe (found version "3.[11](https://github.com/ami-iit/isaac-sim-yarp-bridge/actions/runs/16057347337/job/45314923682?pr=1#step:8:12).13") found components: Interpreter
-- Found rclcpp: 16.0.11 (C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rclcpp/cmake)
-- Found rosidl_generator_c: 3.1.6 (C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rosidl_generator_c/cmake)
-- Found rosidl_adapter: 3.1.6 (C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rosidl_adapter/cmake)
-- Found rosidl_generator_cpp: 3.1.6 (C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rosidl_generator_cpp/cmake)
CMake Error at C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rosidl_typesupport_c/cmake/get_used_typesupports.cmake:35 (message):
No 'rosidl_typesupport_c' found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rosidl_typesupport_c/cmake/rosidl_typesupport_c-extras.cmake:8 (get_used_typesupports)
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rosidl_typesupport_c/cmake/rosidl_typesupport_cConfig.cmake:41 (include)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/builtin_interfaces/cmake/ament_cmake_export_dependencies-extras.cmake:[21](https://github.com/ami-iit/isaac-sim-yarp-bridge/actions/runs/16057347337/job/45314923682?pr=1#step:8:22) (find_package)
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/builtin_interfaces/cmake/builtin_interfacesConfig.cmake:41 (include)
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/libstatistics_collector/cmake/ament_cmake_export_dependencies-extras.cmake:21 (find_package)
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/libstatistics_collector/cmake/libstatistics_collectorConfig.cmake:41 (include)
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rclcpp/cmake/ament_cmake_export_dependencies-extras.cmake:21 (find_package)
C:/Users/runneradmin/miniconda3/envs/test/Library/share/rclcpp/cmake/rclcppConfig.cmake:41 (include)
CMakeLists.txt:73 (find_package)
after some investigation (gbionics/isaac-sim-yarp-bridge#1) we realized that the problem was that we were using conda on Git Bash, and robostack does not provide Git Bash activation scripts on Windows (as opposed to most of IIT-related packages in conda-forge).
Note that this is not a problem in pixi, as pixi always using the .bat activation scripts also on other shells.
I do not plan to work on this at the moment, but I think an open issue is helpful for anyone encountering this problem.
The issue in #108 is similar, but that one is related to Powershell, and this one to Git Bash.