Re: [boost] How to make tests building faster?

Subject: Re: [boost] How to make tests building faster?
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-06 21:03:09

On 6 January 2012 01:58, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>> On 22 December 2011 01:49, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I have additional question to the testing against release branch
>> approach.
>>
>> I assume you work with trunk and branches/release in the same
>> machine/system. How do you switch between Boost.Build from trunk and
>> from branches/release?
>>
>> On Windows, I build and install BBv2 this way:
>>
>> bootstrap.bat
>> .\b2 --prefix=C:\usr install
>>
>> If C:\usr contains BBv2 from trunk (C:\usr\bin is in PATH)
>> and I try to run b2 command inside branches/release,
>> I sometimes get BBv2 errors (e.g. from .jam files).
>>
>> Then I have to wipe out C:\usr, go to branches/release/tools/build/v2
>> and run the BBv2 installation again:
>>
>> bootstrap.bat
>> .\b2 --prefix=C:\usr install
>>
>> It is quite a hassle.
>> Is there any convenient way to have different version of BBv2
>> installed?
>
> hmmm - I'm not aware of this issue. Â Here is what I do:
>
> a) I have svn checked out from the release branch to a directory. On my
> windows system its c:\BoostRelease.
> b) Then I use svn switch to switch the serialization directories to the
> trunk. Â For the serialization library this is three directories.
> c:\BoostRelease\boost\archive, c:\BoostRelease\boost\serialization,
> c:\BoostRelease\libs\serialization

Yes, this is what I now do too, following your instructions:

http://mateusz.loskot.net/?p=2887

> c) if necessary, one can build using boost build v2 - I forget the
> procedure. Â But basically boost build is indifferent to whether it's the
> release or trunk.

When I have boost build v2 installed form trunk and I try to use it to test
(any) libraries from branches/release, then I'm getting this:

d:\dev\boost\_svn\branches\release\libs\serialization\test>b2
D:/dev/boost/_svn/branches/release/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:266:
unbalanced parentheses

So, I have to reinstall boost build v2 from branches/release, then
everything works.

> I'm sure there are other ways to do this  but that's how I do it.
> As I said before boost build and other tools work the same regardless of the
> branch

Perhaps there is a temporary issue in the trunk or
simply it is my environment fault.

Thanks for all your comments Robert, very helpful.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net