Re: [boost] [EXTERNAL] Re: [scope_exit] trunk tests fail on sun compiler

Subject: Re: [boost] [EXTERNAL] Re: [scope_exit] trunk tests fail on sun compiler
From: Belcourt, K. Noel (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-26 00:49:32

On Mar 25, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Lorenzo Caminiti wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden] 
> > wrote:
>> AMDG
>>
>> On 03/24/2012 08:54 AM, lcaminiti wrote:
>>>
>>> 3) Why when I click on the "fail" link for these tests I get no  
>>> information
>>> on the Sun compiler's output?
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/output/Sandia-sun-boost-bin-v2-libs-scope_exit-test-emulation-test-sun-5-10-debug-address-model-64-link-static-stdlib-sun-stlport.html
>>>
>>
>> It looks like the Boost.Test library failed to build.
>
> Actually, now that you mentioned it, it looks like a lot of Boost.Test
> regressions fail on the Sun platform...
> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/test.html
>
> Is this Sun platform supported on not by Boost? (How can my library
> tests pass IF the tester library doesn't work on a platform?!)
>
>>> If I follow this link I get "Error extracting file: No matching  
>>> files were
>>> found.". What does this mean?
>>>
>>
>> This is an error from the server, not an error from
>> the regression test run.
>
> Can the Sun platform maintainer (Noel Belcourt?) please send me more
> detail on the failure messages? Unfortunately, at this point I can't
> confirm if the failure is in the Sun platform/toolset, Boost.Test, or
> Boost.ScopeExit?

Hi Lorenzo,

Sun is, for all intent and purposes, a dead platform for us.  While I  
realize others may be using newer flavors of it, we've basically  
stopped and use it only for the numerics which were/are quite good.   
Our system is not being maintained so I'd guess your best bet is to  
mark your library as unsupported on this platform.

Best.

-- Noel Belcourt