Re: [boost] [Test][Thread] Regression since 9 December?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Test][Thread] Regression since 9 December?
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-26 02:33:07

On Sunday 25 January 2015 23:04:44 Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > Also, there were lots of warnings on MSVC like here:
> > 
> > http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-> 
> 08f-win2012R2-64on64-boost-bin-v2-libs-atomic-test-atomicity-test-msvc-14-0-
> debug-threading-multi.html
> 
> 
> The same thing: "Error extracting file: No matching files were found."
> 
> Are you sure are were looking at correct reports? I found these being
> updated pretty slowly.

Same thing, the reports have been updated. Here are the warnings from another 
tester:

    call "c:
\users\boost\appdata\local\temp\boost_regression\b2_msvc_12.0_vcvarsall_x86.cmd" 
>nul
cl /Zm800 -nologo @"D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\results\boost\bin.v2\libs\atomic\test\atomicity.test\msvc-12.0\debug\threading-
multi\atomicity.obj.rsp" 

atomicity.cpp
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(62) 
: warning C4273: 'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_start' 
: inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(37) 
: see previous definition of 'log_start'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(72) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_finish' : inconsistent 
dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(38) 
: see previous definition of 'log_finish'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(80) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_build_info' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(39) 
: see previous definition of 'log_build_info'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(93) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::test_unit_start' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(41) 
: see previous definition of 'test_unit_start'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(105) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::test_unit_finish' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(42) 
: see previous definition of 'test_unit_finish'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(125) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::test_unit_skipped' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(43) 
: see previous definition of 'test_unit_skipped'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(135) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_exception_start' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(45) 
: see previous definition of 'log_exception_start'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(163) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_exception_finish' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(46) 
: see previous definition of 'log_exception_finish'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(171) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_entry_start' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(48) 
: see previous definition of 'log_entry_start'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(208) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_entry_value' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(49) 
: see previous definition of 'log_entry_value'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(216) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_entry_value' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(50) 
: see previous definition of 'log_entry_value'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(224) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_entry_finish' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(51) 
: see previous definition of 'log_entry_finish'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(236) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::print_prefix' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(58) 
: see previous definition of 'print_prefix'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(253) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::entry_context_start' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(53) 
: see previous definition of 'entry_context_start'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(261) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::entry_context_finish' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(55) 
: see previous definition of 'entry_context_finish'
D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/impl/compiler_log_formatter.ipp(269) 
: warning C4273: 
'boost::unit_test::output::compiler_log_formatter::log_entry_context' : 
inconsistent dll linkage
        D:
\local\teeks99-08\e\boost_root\boost/test/output/compiler_log_formatter.hpp(54) 
: see previous definition of 'log_entry_context'

...and it goes on.

http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-08e-win2012R2-64on64-boost-bin-v2-libs-atomic-test-atomicity-test-msvc-12-0-debug-threading-multi.html

> > Anyway, I decided to remove Boost.Test from Boost.Atomic tests.
> 
> You are free to do so, but just to make record strait: the issues in that
> case were caused by regression in Boost.Timer and minor misconfiguration in
> Boost.Thread.

At least Boost.Atomic tests were also affected, and there was a pull request 
fixing that. I can see a list of multiple affected libraries in this 
discussion.

> BTW I thought one of the main reason to move toward modular boost was the
> ability to build/test against master version of the dependencies. Why is
> this still not the case?

Well, that's not me to ask, but personally I can see benefits of both 
approaches.