Re: [boost] [test] unit tests succeed on abort?

Subject: Re: [boost] [test] unit tests succeed on abort?
From: Dean Michael Berris (mikhailberis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-24 12:18:30

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Dean Michael Berris wrote:
>>
>> I'm using Boost 1.35 and I notice that when a unit test aborts due to
>> asserts in the code, it doesn't count as a failure -- the end report
>> says "*** No errors detected" when in fact a call to abort() was made
>> due to a failed assert.
>>
>> I'm thinking this would be a bug, but I'd like to ask first whether
>> this is intended behavior before thinking it's a bug with Boost.Test.
>
> I believe this was fixed in 1.36.0
>

Would there be a patch that would fix this for 1.35.0? If not, where
should I be looking to get this fixed in 1.35.0? Because upgrading to
1.36 (or anything higher for that matter) is not an option for me at
the moment.

Thanks.

-- 
Dean Michael C. Berris
Software Engineer, Friendster, Inc.