Re: [boost] [gil] Ok to merge new gil's extension to release branch?

Subject: Re: [boost] [gil] Ok to merge new gil's extension to release branch?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-10 16:50:32

AMDG

On 04/10/2013 01:11 PM, Christian Henning wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>wrote:
> 
>> On 04/09/2013 05:25 PM, Christian Henning wrote:
>>>>
>>> Here are some output I get when running some other tests:
>>>
>>> c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test>python test1.py --verbose msvc
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "test1.py", line 17, in <module>
>>>     t.run_build_system("-ftest.jam", stdout="Hi\n")
>>>   File "c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test\BoostBuild.py", line 419, in
>>> run_build_syst
>>> em
>>>     assert extra_args.__class__ is not str
>>> AssertionError
>>>

Apparently test1 is broken.  Don't use it.

>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> So, I'm not sure. Has this test facility ever been used on Windows? Any
>>> idea what could be missing?
>>>
>>
>> I've run the tests on Windows, though not
>> recently.  This is actually failing earlier
>> than before for you, so it looks like a
>> new problem.  Wild guess: are you using
>> a different version of python than you
>> were before?
>>
>>
> No, I haven't changed python in a long time. Anything else I could try?
> 

I have no idea, why you're getting this behavior now.
The code that's causing the problem hasn't changed for
a long time.  Anyway, I've just committed a fix.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe