Re: Changes in unit-testing (was Re: [jamboost] howto make test2 not run unless test1 succeeds)

From: Zbynek Winkler (zw-bjam_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-10 07:18:00

Vladimir Prus wrote:

>>>Do you still get this problem with up-to-date CVS?
>>> 
>>>
>>No, I don't. Thanks. But I don't think it is necessarily caused by
>>incidental features. IMHO it is more related to the point #1 bellow...
>>
>>However... there are some other changes that I don't like :(
>>
>>1) object files linked into unit test are compiled into a separate
>>directory now -- why?
>> 
>>
>
>Because 'unit-test' now behaves almost the same way as 'run' and run adds this 
>extra directory element to be compatible with directory structure that Boost 
>regression test tools expect. Not a good argument, I understand :-(
> 
>
Could this behavior be made optional? With some setting in site-config 
or user-config... Please...

>>2) output of the unit-test is captured and not shown. Instead some
>>babbling about "1 file(s) copied." is being shown :(. My tests output
>>the number of successfully completed test. Can I get this back?
>>3) failing test shows a screenfull of junk not related to the actual
>>test (attached at the end of email)
>>
>>Overall, my impression is that it is worse then it was before the
>>upgrade :-(. Luckily, I've made a backup.
>> 
>>
>
>Now that you bring those points, it looks like, ehm... regression. I'll see 
>what I can do. The problem with original 'unit-test' is that it did not set 
>proper DLL paths when running tests, so just reverting the change is not 
>possible.
> 
>
Thanks. Could let us know when you fix it? I'll revert to the version 
before the upgrade for now and try again when this is fixed.

Zbynek

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