Re: [boost] Getting regression test command lines

Subject: Re: [boost] Getting regression test command lines
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-18 11:39:07

On 5/18/2013 10:35 AM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> AMDG
>
> On 05/17/2013 11:25 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
>> It is not possible in the regression tests I see on the Boost website to
>> get the full command lines for a regression test. The reason for this is
>> that the regression test uses a command response file and the contents
>> of the command response are not being shown. Atypical example might be:
>>
>> cl /Zm800 -nologo
>> @"D:\BoostRT\results\boost\bin.v2\libs\tti\test\test_has_data_compile.test\msvc-9.0~w\dbg\stdlb-stlpr-5.2~9\test_has_data_compile.obj.rsp
>>
>>
>> Without knowing what the command response file contains it is impossible
>> to know what the command options are for the test. This makes it very
>> difficult to duplicate the reason for a failure in the online regression
>> tests.
>>
>
> This is definitely a bug.  Boost.Build dumps the rsp file
> contents.  Apparently process_jam_log isn't picking it up
> for some reason.

I reported this as a bug in Trac. It is ticket 8587.