Re: [boost] Call for regression test volunteers

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-09 10:06:11

Toon Knapen <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> I did a bunch of testing on and porting to HP, but I wasn't using
>> filesystem or the post-processing tools.  If it's giving you trouble
>> you might consider just using bjam to run tests for a while as you
>> pick off the low-hanging fruit.  It might well be that Filesystem is
>> broken because of some simpler library it depends on.
>
> At the moment I'm going for John's suggestion : compile the tools with gcc and 
> then proceed with aCC.
>
> I had my own script to do all the work but I figured I might as well 
> use/contribute to the script in tools/regression/run_tests.sh. One question 
> though, the line :
>
> cd $BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/jam_src && \
> make CC=gcc YACC="" LOCATE_TARGET=bin
>
> is giving me trouble due to the LOCATE_TARGET. This apparantly makes
> that the sources are searched for in the bin subdir ?! Should'nt it
> be removed ?

No, it means that targets will be placed in the bin subdir.
However, Rene has put together some new build scripts for bjam.  The
new recommended procedure is:

   bash ./build.sh

I know that build.sh starts with #!/bin/sh, but in fact it seems to
require bash on my machine.  My sh doesn't know about 'function'.

-Dave

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