[boost] [1.34.0] make check fails on Linux

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-27 17:07:07

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Tarjei Knapstad" <tarjei.knapstad_at_[hidden]>
> Date: April 26, 2007 8:16:14 AM PDT
> To: "Thomas Witt" <witt_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: Re: [boost] [1.34.0] Volunteers needed to check tarballs
>
> On 4/26/07, Thomas Witt <witt_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2007, at 6:55 AM, Tarjei Knapstad wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks, I've downloaded and started a build. Will check that it
>> > builds, that the tests work, examples work, docs are OK and  
>> anything
>> > else I can think of and get back to you as soon as possible. (I'm
>> > doing this on a Core 2 Duo laptop running CentOS 4.4 btw).
>> >
>>
>
> My experiences so far... :)
>
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>
> ==== Unit tests ====
>
> 'make check' fails:
>
> user-config.jam: No such file or directory
> warning: No toolsets are configured.
> warning: Configuring default toolset "gcc".
> warning: If the default is wrong, you may not be able to build C++  
> programs.
> warning: Use the "--toolset=xxxxx" option to override our guess.
> warning: For more configuration options, please consult
> warning: http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/ 
> configuration.html
> notice: could not find main target  test
> notice: assuming it's a name of file to create
> don't know how to make <e>test
> ...found 1 target...
> ...can't find 1 target...
>
> If I manually copy boost_1_34_0/user-config.jam to the status/
> directory it can find the toolset and the warnings disappear, but it
> still doesn't find any targets.
>
> Am I supposed to build and run the tests some other way? (I couldn't
> find any docs)
>
>

<snip/>

>
> Except for not being able to run the unit tests it looks good to me.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Tarjei

-- 
Thomas Witt
witt_at_[hidden]