diff --git a/ros-swri-serial-util/DESCR b/ros-swri-serial-util/DESCR
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+Serial utility package created at Southwest Reseach Institute's Intelligent Vehicle Systems section for working with Robot Operating System (ROS)
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diff --git a/ros-swri-serial-util/Makefile b/ros-swri-serial-util/Makefile
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+# robotpkg Makefile for:	devel/ros-swri-serial-util
+# Created:			Ellon Paiva Mendes on Thu,  2 Aug 2018
+#
+
+ROS_REPO=		swri-robotics
+ROS_PKG=		marti_common
+ROS_METAPKG=	no
+ROS_VERSION=	2.3.0
+ROS_COMMENT=	Serial utility package created at Southwest Reseach Institute's Intelligent Vehicle Systems section for working with Robot Operating System (ROS)
+
+# We need to set PKGNAME explicitely, otherwise devel/ros-base/Makefile.common
+# included below will set it to a name using ROS_PKG
+PKGNAME=		ros-swri-serial-util-${ROS_VERSION}
+CATEGORIES=		devel
+MAINTAINER=		laas-infuse@laas.fr
+LICENSE=		modified-bsd
+HOMEPAGE=		https://github.com/swri-robotics/marti_common
+
+CONFIGURE_DIRS+= ${WRKSRC}/swri_serial_util
+
+include ../../meta-pkgs/ros-base/Makefile.common
+
+include ../../devel/ros-catkin/depend.mk
+include ../../mk/sysdep/cmake.mk
+include ../../mk/language/c.mk
+include ../../mk/language/c++.mk
+include ../../mk/robotpkg.mk
diff --git a/ros-swri-serial-util/PLIST b/ros-swri-serial-util/PLIST
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+++ b/ros-swri-serial-util/PLIST
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+@comment Wed Aug 1 13:25:01 UTC 2018
+include/swri_serial_util/serial_port.h
+lib/libswri_serial_util.so
+lib/pkgconfig/swri_serial_util.pc
+share/swri_serial_util/cmake/swri_serial_utilConfig-version.cmake
+share/swri_serial_util/cmake/swri_serial_utilConfig.cmake
+share/swri_serial_util/package.xml
diff --git a/ros-swri-serial-util/depend.mk b/ros-swri-serial-util/depend.mk
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+++ b/ros-swri-serial-util/depend.mk
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+# robotpkg depend.mk for:	devel/ros-swri-serial-util
+# Created:			Ellon Paiva Mendes on Thu,  2 Aug 2018
+#
+
+DEPEND_DEPTH:=      ${DEPEND_DEPTH}+
+ROS_SWRI_SERIAL_UTIL_DEPEND_MK:= ${ROS_SWRI_SERIAL_UTIL_DEPEND_MK}+
+
+ifeq (+,$(DEPEND_DEPTH))
+DEPEND_PKG+=      ros-swri-serial-util
+endif
+
+ifeq (+,$(ROS_SWRI_SERIAL_UTIL_DEPEND_MK)) # ---------------------------------------
+
+include ../../meta-pkgs/ros-base/depend.common
+PREFER.ros-swri-serial-util?=    ${PREFER.ros-base}
+SYSTEM_PREFIX.ros-swri-serial-util?= ${SYSTEM_PREFIX.ros-base}
+
+DEPEND_USE+=      ros-swri-serial-util
+ROS_DEPEND_USE+=    ros-swri-serial-util
+
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util?=  ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+DEPEND_DIR.ros-swri-serial-util= ../../wip/ros-swri-serial-util
+
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util.groovy += ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util.hydro += ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util.indigo += ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util.jade += ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util.kinetic += ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util.lunar += ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+DEPEND_ABI.ros-swri-serial-util.melodic += ros-swri-serial-util>=2.3.0
+
+SYSTEM_SEARCH.ros-swri-serial-util=\
+  'share/swri_serial_util/package.xml' \
+  'share/swri_serial_util/cmake/swri_serial_utilConfig.cmake' \
+  'share/swri_serial_util/cmake/swri_serial_utilConfig-version.cmake' \
+  'include/swri_serial_util/serial_port.h' \
+  'lib/pkgconfig/swri_serial_util.pc:/Version/s/[^0-9.]//gp' \
+  'lib/libswri_serial_util.so'
+
+
+endif # ROS_SWRI_SERIAL_UTIL_DEPEND_MK ---------------------------------------------
+
+DEPEND_DEPTH:=    ${DEPEND_DEPTH:+=}
+
diff --git a/ros-swri-serial-util/distinfo b/ros-swri-serial-util/distinfo
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+++ b/ros-swri-serial-util/distinfo
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+SHA1 (ros/marti_common/2.3.0.tar.gz) = 9a11ee2aaef0047d6b205d5568b45afcf805005e
+RMD160 (ros/marti_common/2.3.0.tar.gz) = b98c6ce797c0e1b1adc8fdeca5a7dc50da6442b1
+Size (ros/marti_common/2.3.0.tar.gz) = 183765 bytes