Re: [boost] boost-test and Mac 10.6

Subject: Re: [boost] boost-test and Mac 10.6
From: S Roderick (kiwi.2008_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-22 16:26:54

On Oct 22, 2009, at 16:04 , Mike Tegtmeyer wrote:

> Does anyone know anything about boost test crashing on Mac 10.6?
> Unless I'm missing something, it is completely broken for 1.40 and
> trunk. There is a Ticket #2889 (closed Bugs: fixed) for malloc errors
> that looks awfully similar to what I'm seeing.
>
> file is:
>
> rotor:~ tegtmeye$ cat boost_test.cc
> #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE footest test
> #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
>
> BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test1 )
> {
>  BOOST_CHECK( true );
> }
>
> BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test2 )
> {
>  BOOST_CHECK( true );
> }
>
> BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test3 )
> {
>  BOOST_CHECK( true );
> }
>
> BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test4 )
> {
>  BOOST_CHECK( true );
> }
>
> rotor:~ tegtmeye$ g++ boost_test.cc
> /usr/local/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.a
> rotor:~ tegtmeye$ ./a.out Running 4 test cases...
>
> *** No errors detected
> a.out(69716) malloc: *** error for object 0x30001002002e0: pointer
> being freed was not allocated
> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> Abort trap
> <boost_test.cc>_______________________________________________

Search the mail list (subject "Double free from UTF") and see the bug  
database
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3432

This is a known issue and has a patch in place, though not yet  
released AFAIK.
Stephen