Re: [boost] boost_unit_test_framework cannot be built asDLL withmsvc-6.5

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-02 02:39:44

Roland Schwarz wrote:

> Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
>> These should be marked as expected failures and happily ignored.
> 
> Do you have any objections to apply the attached patch to
> libs/test/test/Jamfile.v2
> and only mark the remaining tests as expected to fail?

I think if Boost.Test cannot be built as DLL on msvc-6.5, then:

        <toolset>msvc-6.5:<link>static

should go to libs/test/build/Jamfile.v2, not the test Jamfile, thereby
disabling shared libraries of Boost.Test on that compiler completely.

Gennadiy, would you object to such a change?

- Volodya