Re: [boost] [python] threading-related failures on Linux

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-23 12:48:32

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> There are two approaches.
>
> 1. You have separate configure step. Some tests are compiled and run (much
> like C++ Boost regression tests) and produce some files. Then, Boost.Build
> reads those files, decides if tests failed or passed and makes some
> decision. For this, SHELL is fine.
>
> 2. Ideally, the tests are automatically run when out-of-date. The results of
> tests immediate affect Jamfile logic. For example:
>
>   if [ configure.run-test have_dlopen.cpp ]
>   {
>         sources += dlopen_using_code.cpp ;
>   }
>
> This requires that we be able to update some targets before we've finished
> reading all Jamfiles, and is not supported at the moment.

Is it a bad idea to think about using a recursive bjam invocation for
this sort of thing?  That is, configure.run-test could invoke bjam to
update the target associated with have_dlopen.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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