Re: [Boost-build] Incorrect exit status if process abends

From: K. Noel Belcourt (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-09 23:16:06

On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Rene Rivera wrote:

> K. Noel Belcourt wrote:
>> On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:44 PM, K. Noel Belcourt wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 9, 2007, at 5:59 PM, Rene Rivera wrote:
>>>
>>>> No objection, only a question. Is this something that affects  
>>>> testing
>>>> results?
>
>>> Yes, I'm seeing some inconsistent testing results.  Here's an  
>>> example
> [...]
>> Oh, never mind.  It looks like this test is a run_fail test so that's
>> why it passes.
>
> FYI... The reason I ask is because testing does not use the trunk bjam
> version. They use the 3.1.15 release bjam. Hence if we want changes to
> affect testing we'd have to either switch testing to trunk or do a
> release and switch testing.

I knew there must be good reason, thanks for clarifying that.

-- Noel