Re: [Boost-build] Cannot build a working bjam

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-12 11:58:10

Robert Ramey wrote:
> Is there a reason that bjam and the rest of boost build can't be handled as
> any other library as regards to testing and release?
> 
> Specifically, I would like to see somethiing like:
> 
> libs/bjam
>     /build
>        Jamfile
>     /test
>         Jamfile // testing bjam build and test
>         compile-fail.cpp
>         assert-fail.cpp
>         ...
> 
> So that bjam is automatically tested on all platforms when ever its changed.
> Of course this test/build would be run using the "released bjam" which
> would be updated when show stopping bugs are fixed and after the
> fixed version has been tested.
> 
> It might also provide a place to test tool configuraiton files and the like

I don't understand what you are asking. The current testing uses a 
"frozen" version of bjam with the understanding that we want testing 
tools to be as stable as possible.

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