Test system

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-08 10:22:16

Hi,
the new test system is committed to CVS, along with documentation. See
tools/build/test/{BoostBuild.py, test_system.html}
A couple ot example is at:
http://chronos.cs.msu.su/~ghost/projects/boost-build/test-examples.zip
Just unpack that zip to tools/build/test and run test1.py, and then 
test2.py... after reading till the end of this message.

The only big problem is that path to bjam is hardcoded in BoostBuild.py, so 
you'd need to change it manually. Before fixing it, let's decide what we 
want. Will it be ok to just run whatever "bjam" happens to be in path? Or we 
should run the version in the current working copy? The latter seems better.

Also please note that matching jam output is complicated by the fact that jam 
adds trailing whitespaces. We'll need to do something about it, e.g. fixing 
jam.

David, I've did nothing about your refactoring suggestions. So far, I'm not 
yet convinced that we'll have big advantages, and since test system is needed 
now, let's go on with what we have.

- Volodya