Re: [boost] [timer] conflict between tools/inspect and libs/timer

Subject: Re: [boost] [timer] conflict between tools/inspect and libs/timer
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-26 18:07:16

On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Peter A. Bigot <pab_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 12/26/2013 09:20 AM, Peter A. Bigot wrote:
> > A recent merge to master libs/timer includes support for inspect in the
> > test suite, but the invocation requires support for a search-root
> > argument in inspect.  That support is not present in tools/inspect's
> > master branch, causing the libs/timer tests to fail.
>
> FWIW, b2 in libs/timer/test master works when tools/inspect and
> libs/filesystem are both on their develop branch.  If only tools/inspect
> is on develop, inspect segfaults in boost::filesystem::initial_path()
> during static initialization.
>

I haven't been able to reproduce that on Windows. What OS are you testing
on?

Once tools/inspect was merged and fixed, inspect worked fine.

>
> Perhaps it would be better not to update the superproject submodules
> automatically when a module pushes to master, and instead wait until
> integration testing infrastructure is in place.  At least until the git
> module maintenance process is a bit more stable.
>

There are pros and cons. Have patience for a few more days.

--Beman