Re: [Boost-build] replacing the **passed** rule (fixing quickbook testing)

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] replacing the **passed** rule (fixing quickbook testing)
From: Jürgen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-02 08:07:33

Hi John ! 

An'n Dienstag 02 Dezember 2008 hett John Maddock schreven:
> The quickbook tests currently all fail because it's Jamfile creates a "run"
> rule for each test, but as each test uses the same executable and the "run"
> rule deletes the executable if the test passes:  so the first test passes,
> and all the others fail because the .exe was deleted by the first test :-(

That's why Volodya added the "preserve-test-target" feature ;-))

> I've tried everything I can think of to fix this, but no luck so far... the
> obvious fix is to replace the "**passed**" rule from testing.jam with one
> that doesn't delete the .exe, but if I add my own version of this rule to
> quickbook-testing.jam then it appears not to be called?
>
> Any better ideas?

Add       
 <preserve-test-targets>on

to the Jamfile which runs the tests.

Works here :-))

Yours,

Jürgen
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