[Boost-build] [bbv2]automatic unit test execution

From: Artem Alimarine (artem_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-09 07:49:47

Hi,

Imagine I build an executable mylib.exe that depends on a library mylib.

        # jam file for myexe
        exe myexe : main.cpp <library>mylib ;

        # jam file for the library
        lib mylib : ... ;
        unit-test mylib_test : ... ;

How can I make the unit-test to execute automatically every time the 
executable is linked and the library is changed?

I know that I can give an explicit dependency in the exe rule

        exe myexe : main.cpp <library>mylib : mylib_test ;

but that would require every client to give this dependency.

How can I encapsulate automatic testing in the library jamfile?

I wanted something like:

        # jam file for myexe
        exe myexe : main.cpp tested_mylib ;

        # jam file for the library
        lib mylib : ... ;
        unit-test mylib_test : ... ;
        ??? tested_mylib : mylib : mylib_test ;

Artem