Re: [jamboost] bjam failure when two instances running?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-18 13:52:51

At 12:54 PM 12/18/2002, David Abrahams wrote:
>Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> I just had an odd failure - the full boost regression tests were 
running,
>
>> and I tried to run some separate filesystem tests at the same time (in 
a
>> different Win 32 command window).
>>
>> Four of the boost regression test status/bin/xxx.test directories were
>> mistakenly created in the boost-root/libs/filesystem directory!
>
>That's very odd. Are you sure you don't mean that it was crating
>directories in which to build the compiled part of the filesystem
>library?

No, see a dir below of some of the directories created. (Cut short to keep 
message size down).

Hum... Doesn't Win32 bjam write a command file and then execute it? What 
is that file named and where does it go?

If both runs were trying to write the same command file, that would account 
for the symptoms.

--Beman

C:\boost\site\libs\filesystem>dir /s status
Volume in drive C is Local Disk
Volume Serial Number is AC7C-EEE8

Directory of C:\boost\site\libs\filesystem\status

12/18/2002 11:22a <DIR> .
12/18/2002 11:22a <DIR> ..
12/18/2002 11:40a <DIR> bin
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of C:\boost\site\libs\filesystem\status\bin

12/18/2002 11:40a <DIR> .
12/18/2002 11:40a <DIR> ..
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> compare.test
12/18/2002 11:22a <DIR> fail_ref_cview3.test
12/18/2002 11:40a <DIR> has_nothrow_constructor_test.test
12/18/2002 11:22a <DIR> test1.test
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of C:\boost\site\libs\filesystem\status\bin\compare.test

12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> .
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> ..
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> cwpro8
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> vc7
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of C:\boost\site\libs\filesystem\status\bin\compare.test\cwpro8

12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> .
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of C:\boost\site\libs\filesystem\status\bin\compare.test\vc7

12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> .
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> ..
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> debug
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of 
C:\boost\site\libs\filesystem\status\bin\compare.test\vc7\debug

12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> .
12/18/2002 11:29a <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes

... etc.