Re: [jamboost] Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/test/m1-01 Jamfile,1.1,1.2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-23 10:47:19

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Update of /cvsroot/boost/boost/tools/build/test/m1-01
>> In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv12969
>> 
>> Modified Files:
>> Jamfile 
>> Log Message:
>> strip bogus ^Ms
>
> Hmm... to tell the truth those tests are stale. I've written them long
> time ago, but somehow they never were used. Not sure what to do.
> I think that the only thing not tested otherwise is warning produced
> when target requirements change build properties. But do we need that warning?
>
> I mean:
>
> exe a : a.cpp : <optimization>space ;
"speed"?---------------------------^^^^^
>
> and build request of
>
> <optimization>space
>
> which case "a" to be build with properties different from requested
> by user.

I think that's a reasonable warning, and we should keep it until
people complain, and then we should have a command-line option to
silence it.

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