Re: [boost] Regressions in your Boost libraries as of 2005-07-06

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-06 16:53:42

Doug Gregor <dgregor_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Jul 6, 2005, at 12:23 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> Douglas Gregor <dgregor_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> You are receiving this report because one or more of the libraries you
>>> maintain has regression test failures that are not accounted for.
>>> A full version of the report is sent to the Boost developer's mailing
>>> list.
>>>
>>> Detailed report:
>>>    http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-HEAD/developer/
>>> issues.html
>>>
>>> There are failures in these libraries you maintain:
>>>   python (11)
>>>
>>> |python|
>>>   extract:  gcc-3.4.4-linux  gcc-4.0.0-linux
>>>   list:  gcc-3.4.4-linux  gcc-4.0.0-linux
>>>   pickle1:  gcc-3.4.4-linux  gcc-4.0.0-linux
>>>   pickle2:  gcc-3.4.4-linux
>>>   pickle3:  gcc-3.4.4-linux  gcc-4.0.0-linux
>>>   pickle4:  gcc-3.4.4-linux  gcc-4.0.0-linux
>>
>> What happened here?  I haven't changed anything in Boost.Python, and
>> the error reports on the site above are inscrutable.  Are you setting
>> PYTHON_ROOT in these toolsets, by any chance?
>
> Those are the Martin Wille tests that are failing; the OSL tests are  
> all passing. Martin, to run the Python tests you'll probably need to  
> build different versions of Python for the different compilers.  

Doug, I know you've drawn that conclusion, but it really surprises me.
Generally speaking, I have been able to use any version of Python with
any compiler, provided Python was compiled with something having a
compatible 'C' ABI.

> Something in the newer GCCs causes very bad behavior when Python is  
> built with a different compiler than Boost.Python.

I'm going to check this out on the Python list;  it sounds fishy.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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