Re: [boost] [test]portability of data test cases and build issues

Subject: Re: [boost] [test]portability of data test cases and build issues
From: Vicente Botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-11-05 07:57:19

Gennadiy Rozenal wrote
> Vicente J. Botet Escriba 
> <vicente.botet <at>
>  wanadoo.fr> writes:
>> I use to do the following without any issue
>>            [ run ../example/a_test.cpp ]
> 
> I already do something like this (in my case [ glob test_datasets/*.cpp ],
> but 
> if target name is thew same as directory name it will fail to build on
> linux.
> 
>> > 2. How do I tell that I want to pass compilation to gcc in toolset 
>> > gcc-4.7 only?
>> > I've tried
>> > 
> <toolset>
> gcc-4.7:
> <cxxflags>
> -std=c++11
>> > and
>> > 
> <toolset>
> gcc-4.7.2:
> <cxxflags>
> -std=c++11
>> > and either one does not work.
>> >
>> > 
> <toolset>
> gcc:
> <cxxflags>
> -std=c++11 does work, but I want to pass 
>> > different options for different versions of gcc.
>> Wow, I'm really surprised you have troubles with this. You need to 
>> define your toolsets in the user_config.jam file. I have for example
>> 
>> using gcc : 4.7.1  : /usr/gcc-4.7.1/bin/g++-4.7 ;
>> using gcc : 4.7.1x : /usr/gcc-4.7.1/bin/g++-4.7 : 
> <cxxflags>
> -std="c++11" ;
>> 
>> Someone has been requesting the addition of a 'std' feature that gives 
>> the standard, but I don't think this has been implemented or even
>> retained.
> 
> Why do I need to introduce new toolsets? toolset gcc, gcc-4.7, gcc-4.6
> already 
> works fine. Moreover the main point is to make it work on regression
> tester box, 
> not mine. I need to eliminate failures in regression table. I want to pass
> std 
> option (different one) to compilers which support it and ignore test on 
> compilers which do not have it. I can probably get the same result by
> ifdefing 
> the code, but I'd rather have it marked unsupported in regression table
> instead 
> of fake pass.

Have you tried filtering the targets with 
 
<toolset>gcc <toolset-gcc:version>4.7.1?

Best,
Vicente 

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