[boost] Re: latest test failure

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-12 20:14:38

Martin Wille <mw8329_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> the regression tests now fail due to an exception being
> thrown in process_jam_log which in turn is caused by a
> strange pathname appearing in the regress.log:
>
> **** exception(205): std::exception: boost::filesystem::path: invalid
>      name "@boost" in path:
>      "@boost/libs/regex/test/bin/regex_wide_regress_dll.test/gcc-3.4-cvs/debug/threading-multi"

I'm certain this is a side-effect of the new cross-project dependency
system.  It'll require some help from Beman (or someone willing to
hack process_jam_log) to straighten it out, and Beman's been a little
bit distracted with persistent hardware problems, so it may take a
couple of days...

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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