Re: [boost] Re: Build Success on Boost.Python

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-18 08:43:53

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ullrich Koethe" <u.koethe_at_[hidden]>

> David Abrahams wrote:
> >
$BOOST_ROOT/libs/python/build/bin/noncopyable_export/gcc/debug/runtime-link-
> > dynamic/shared-linkable-true/noncopyable_export.o
> > > is actually only one file, no matter whether I'm looking from Solaris
or
> > > Linux. Of course, this doesn't work. So the filename should read
> > >
> > > $BOOST_ROOT/libs/python/build/bin/Solaris2.8/...
> > > and
> > > $BOOST_ROOT/libs/python/build/bin/Linux.whatever/...
> >
> > Oh! Well, you can set ALL_LOCATE_TARGET differently for different
platforms
> > if you like. That sets the root of the target directory tree.
> >
>
> I'd rather have an automatic mechanism. Can ALL_LOCATE_TARGET be set
> automatically to, say, "Solaris2.6", "Solaris2.8" etc. ?

How may we detect what it should be set to?

> > >
> > > exe myprog : myprog.cpp <lib>mylib
> > >            : <unittest>mylibtest
> > > unittest mylibtest : mylibtest.cpp <lib>mylib
> > >
> > > The idea is that linking of myprog fails (is aborted) if the unittest
> > > mylibtest didn't succeed before. The test is automatically recompiled
> > > and re-executed if it's out-of-date relativ to myprog. Can this be
> > > generalized enough to be put into boost-base.jam, say?
> >
> > Absolutely. I will start working on the testing side of things in the
next
> > couple of days.
>
> Great.
> Here is what I'm currently doing in makefiles:
>
> myprog : mylibtest myprog.o
> $(LINK) -o myprog myprog.o libmylib.a
>
> mylibtest : libmylib.a mylibtest.o
> $(LINK) -o mylibtest mylibtest.o libmylib.a
> mylibtest || { rm mylibtest; exit 1; }
>
> The main trick is that the test program is removed after a failure (i.e.
> after it returns with non-null exit code). This ensures that tests are
> mandatory, but are only run when out-of-date (this is important for a
> big test suite). I've verified that this trick works whith Jam as well.

Thanks.