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Invalid package.xml suppresses error and silently succeeds if setup.py present #146

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If you have a package with both package.xml and setup.py - if the package.xml has invalid syntax, then colcon build silently falls back to a regular python build type, without even printing a warning.

I would expect this to actually fail the build, as it's a pretty serious error condition with confusing side effects. Instead it's only logged as a debug.

# COLCON_LOG_LEVEL=debug colcon build --packages-select mypkg
...
[0.216s] DEBUG:colcon.colcon_core.package_identification:Failed to parse potential ROS package manifest in'src/mypkg': Error(s) in package 'src/mypkg/package.xml':                                                                                     
The manifest contains invalid XML:                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
mismatched tag: line 4, column 12  
...
# echo $?
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changed the title [-]Invalid package.xml does not cause build to fail in `setup.py` package[/-] [+]Invalid package.xml swallows error silently succeeds if setup.py present[/+] on Sep 12, 2023
changed the title [-]Invalid package.xml swallows error silently succeeds if setup.py present[/-] [+]Invalid package.xml suppresses error and silently succeeds if setup.py present[/+] on Sep 12, 2023
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          Invalid package.xml suppresses error and silently succeeds if setup.py present · Issue #146 · colcon/colcon-ros