Re: [boost] Regression test woes

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-10 11:30:59

At 04:58 PM 12/9/2002, David Abrahams wrote:

 >Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >
 >> First, the regression tests are broken; the message is:
 >>
 >>     unknown dependent target
 ><libs!test!build>libboost_prg_exec_monitor.lib
 >>
 >> I assume this is the result of a change Glennadiy made last night in
 >> the test library build Jamfile, but reverting it to the prior version
 >> doesn't clear the problem. Sigh. I've emailed him privately.
 >
 >I fixed up status/Jamfile to refer to the new targets.

Thanks! The bjam part is now running, but the post test processing is 
failing. The failure is occurring in the Boost.test tests library. I won't 
be able to look at it until late afternoon; the error message from the 
post-processing program was less that helpful.

We need to find a way to better test changes to the test library because 
failure in it cause the whole regression testing system to fail. Perhaps 
all changes to Boost.Test should first go on a branch, and only be merged 
when they have been tested with several compilers and operating systems.

--Beman