Re: [boost] Re: How to test multiple versions of a library?

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-02 10:12:47

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Michael Glassford wrote:
> 
>> Currently the Boost.Threads regression tests only test the dynamically 
>> linked version of the library. On Win32, at least, there are fairly 
>> significant differences between the dynamically linked and statically 
>> linked versions (due to thread-specific-storage cleanup), so it would 
>> be good to run at least some of the tests for both versions. How do I 
>> do this?
> 
> 
> You need to create a second set of tests that link to the <lib> instead 
> of the <dll>. Look at the program_options/test/Jamfile for an example.

I'd appreciate it much if such tests would not be run in two versions
on systems for which there are no significant differences between
static and dynamically linked versions (the existing tests need >17
hours time on my box (CPU bound). Doubling that is not desirable.)

Regards,
m