Re: [boost] [build][compute] Various libraries regression tests missing after change in Compute

Subject: Re: [boost] [build][compute] Various libraries regression tests missing after change in Compute
From: Adam Wulkiewicz (adam.wulkiewicz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-29 21:07:16

Steven Watanabe Via Boost wrote:
> On 03/29/2017 01:00 PM, Adam Wulkiewicz via Boost wrote:
>> I localized the problematic change in Boost.Compute:
>> https://github.com/boostorg/compute/pull/689/files
>>
>> If you want to reproduce it checkout master and develop branches of
>> Boost.Compute and try to run the tests from BOOST_ROOT/status passing
>> --dump-tests:
>> cd status
>> b2 --dump-tests
>>
>> You should see lists of tests and with develop some number of tests are
>> missing (from Detail, Geometry, Hash, Math, Multiprecision, Odeint,
>> Parameter), also one entry from Config:
>> boost-test(RUN) "config/link_test_test" : "libs/config/test/link/main.cpp"
>>
>> I'm not sure how this should be fixed, besides commenting out lines in
>> Compute's Jamfile, so I'm unable to create a PR.
>    Changing 'compile' to use an 'obj' target instead should
> fix it.  There's a bug with --dump-tests when a test
> target is used in a configure check.  (Note that since
> this test probably shouldn't be reported in the regression
> output, using compile is not correct in the first place.)

To make sure I understand you correctly are you suggesting replacing 
`compile` rule with `exe` rule?
So change:
compile check/has_opencl.cpp : : has_opencl ;
into
exe has_opencl : check/has_opencl.cpp ;
which works, btw.

Adam