Re: [boost] [utility] [Martin Wille] operators_test

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-04 06:24:46

Martin Wille wrote:

> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> The test fails with that looks like ICE:
>> 
>>         http://tinyurl.com/pw2qu
>> 
>> Martin, could you run this test by hand and tell if this indeed compiler
>> issue, and not some "out of memory/out of disk" condition?
>> 
>> If this is compiler issue, I don't think we need to bother
>> looking for workaround for gcc-3.4.5, and can mark this failure
>> as expected. I don't even thing that reporting this to gcc developers
>> makes sense -- given that this compiler version is rather old.
> 
> This is a case of excessive use of CPU time :)
> 
> The compiler is limited to 30 minutes by the wrapper script I use.
> 
> Compiling operators test has been consuming a lot of CPU over a long
> time and for several versions of gcc. I'm not surprised it hits the
> limit now.
> 
> Given the number of compilers that are affected, it is likely that the
> problem is in the code being compiled.

For me, with gcc-4.0.3, the test compiles rather quickly. What is the time
for other compilers?

> I do not want to remove the limit. It serves as a firewall against tests
> running wild (we used to have a lot of them). So this limit helps a lot
> in running tests unattended.

I certainly agree that if a test runs out of 30 min limit, it's a problem
with the test, not your setup. Not too mention that spending 30 min on a
single test throttles the testsuite turnaround time.

Is anybody in position to work on fixing this?

- Volodya