Re: [boost] [signals] msvc-6.5 failures

From: Jeff F (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-05 08:39:33

Moshe Matitya wrote:
> Bo Persson wrote:
>>
>> Moshe Matitya wrote:
>>> Bo Persson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Moshe Matitya wrote:
>>>>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are four failures of the signals library on
>>>> msvc-6.5, like this
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is MSVC 6.5?  I see
>>>> that there

...

>>> While we're on the subject:  Why are we testing Boost on
>> MSVC 6.0 with
>>> SP5?  The most up-to-date service pack for that compiler is SP6.
>>
>> Because version 6.5 (6.0 SP5 :-) is the most widely used?
>>
>> The SP6 came in *very* late.
>
> That's true.  But I still think we ought to be doing our testing with
> it.  SP6 includes bug fixes that aren't in SP5, and it doesn't cost
> anything additional.

IIRC, there were some problems with SP6, I don't remember the details but if 
you google the microsoft groups...

Jeff Flinn