Re: [boost] [build] bjam in boost/tools/build/v2/test doesn't work

Subject: Re: [boost] [build] bjam in boost/tools/build/v2/test doesn't work
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-22 00:07:01

AMDG

On 11/21/2010 10:36 AM, Jim Bell wrote:
> Running bjam in boost/tools/build/v2/test doesn't (seem to) run build's
> regressions. Instead, I get:
>
> jamfile.jam:8: in modules.load
> rule project-root unknown in module
> Jamfile</F:/tmp/boost-MinGW-32/trunk/boost/t
> ools/build/v2/test>.
> F:/tmp/boost-MinGW-32/trunk/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:314:
> in load-jamfile
> F:/tmp/boost-MinGW-32/trunk/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:62:
> in load
> F:/tmp/boost-MinGW-32/trunk/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:168:
> in project.find
> F:/tmp/boost-MinGW-32/trunk/boost/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:569:
> in load
> F:\tmp\boost-MinGW-32\trunk\boost\tools\build\v2\test\..\kernel\modules.jam:283:
>   in import
> F:\tmp\boost-MinGW-32\trunk\boost\tools\build\v2\test\..\kernel\bootstrap.jam:14
> 2: in boost-build
> F:\tmp\boost-MinGW-32\trunk\boost\tools\build\v2\test\boost-build.jam:14: in
> module scope
>
> If I run "python absolute_sources.py" (to pick that test as an example),
> I get very little (and it doesn't match regression test output):
> F:\tmp\boost-MinGW-32\trunk\boost\tools\build\v2\test\TestCmd.py:60:
> Deprecation Warning: The popen2 module is deprecated.  Use the
> subprocess module.
>    import popen2

That's probably related to your python version.
This should work.

> Am I close? I realize that build is a different animal. Are there
> instructions for running its tests in isolation? (Could those
> instructions be put in boost/tools/build/v2/index.html?)
>
> If you're reading this on the boost-build list, please CC me as I'm not
> subscribed.
>
> Thanks,
> -Jim
>
> PS: My apologies if I missed a response to this. I posted it last week
> on boost.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe