Re: [boost] boost_unit_test_framework cannot bebuilt asDLL withmsvc-6.5

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-02 14:57:56

"Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:E1HCt1h-0002pS-K3_at_zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su...
> 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?

Let's go ahead and do this

Gennadiy