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Subject: Re: [boost] libs/regex/build/Jamfile.v2 missing "import testing"
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-11-10 05:52:32


On 10/11/2016 01:00, Peter Dimov wrote:
> In a partial installation (not all submodules installed), running b2
> in the Boost root says:
>
> libs\regex\build\Jamfile.v2:93: in modules.load
> ERROR: rule "unit-test" unknown in module
> "Jamfile<D:\tmp2\boost-root\libs\regex\build>".
>
> because libs/regex/build/Jamfile.v2 uses the unit-test rule, defined
> in testing.jam, but does not have "import testing ;". Adding that line
> fixes it.
>
> I've no idea why it works in a full installation - probably because
> someone else imports testing first before it gets to regex.

Fixed in develop, likewise in the config runtime checks.

Thanks for the heads up, John.


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