Re: [Boost-build] test target

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-19 11:32:16

on Fri Oct 19 2007, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Vladimir Prus <ghost <at> cs.msu.su> writes:
>
>> > What if I do not want all targets (there may be potentially some auxiliary 
>> > targets), but only related to unit testing?
>> 
>> What is the practical problem with building those auxiliary targets?
>
> It maybe test input file generation target that take half an hour to run. In 
> any case I just need to run the tests not anything else.
>  
>> > Why can't we have test target as we used to have?
>> 
>> I don't think so -- it's possible in theory but does not seem like
>> the most important thing to implement.
>
> I am sure you have your own priority, but it's important usebiility issie IMO.

I agree, but it's actually pretty easy to achieve.  See 
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/trunk/libs/python/example/Jamroot
which does it.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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