Re: [boost] [log] MSVC 9 build hangs

Subject: Re: [boost] [log] MSVC 9 build hangs
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-03 17:56:10

On Thursday 03 October 2013 16:37:45 Tom Kent wrote:
> 
> So are you sure the flag is just --timeout=10?  I have that in my script,
> but it doesn't seem to be picking it up...aka when the command is put at
> the bottom of the html page for the test runner, it shows the command
> correctly, but without that part of it. Is it possible that it is getting
> thrown out by run.py somehow?
> 
> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/teeks99-03a-win2008-64on64.html
> 
> The actual command I'm running:
> 
> python run.py --runner=teeks99-03a-win2008-64on64 --force-update
> --toolsets=msvc-8.0 --bjam-options="-j2 address-model=64" --timeout=10
> --comment=..\info.html --timeout=10 2>&1 | ..\wtee output.log
> 
> The one that shows up in the above link:
> 
> run.py --runner=teeks99-03a-win2008-64on64 --force-update
> --toolsets=msvc-8.0  \ "--bjam-options=\"-j4 address-model=64\""
> --comment=..\\info.html
> 
> Any ideas what is going on here?

I don't know, I've never set up a testing machine for Boost before. The 
parameter does seem to be present for some other testers, for instance:

http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/VC8%20jc-bell-com.html