Re: [jamboost] Re: V1 test system questions

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-26 00:30:39

David Abrahams wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > Actually, lack of complains is because of a typo.
> >
> > Clean clean $(test-file:S=.output) ;
> >
> > should have being
> >
> > Clean clean : $(test-file:S=.output) ;
> >
> > in which case bjam would be upset, because there will be no updating
> > actions for .output.
>
> Oh, good catch! Are you fixing this?

Fixing this right now... and don't get any warnings. I'm confused with the was 
jam works! Apparently, call to MakeLocate matters as well, since replacing it 
with expicit setting of LOCATE gives the warning.

> >> > 4. The ".test" file constains the name of sources. Why is this
> >> > necessary?
> >>
> >> Beman wanted it at one point for the regression tools.
> >
> > Hmm... I've managed to run most of tests declared in "status" with V2
> > code which does not output those names. Seems like it's not needed any
> > more.
>
> Did you run the regression postprocessing applications which generate
> XML? *That's* what I was talking about.

Yes, I understood that, and I've already managed to produce 
http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/linux-v2.html, which is not complete, but has 
more that a single test.
Some tweaks to postprocessing applications were required, but mostly 
concerning directory names and action names.

- Volodya