Re: [Boost-build] Bjam patch to use maximum value of timeout option

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Bjam patch to use maximum value of timeout option
From: K. Noel Belcourt (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-23 15:41:36

Hi Dave,

On Nov 22, 2010, at 12:35 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

> At Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:07:13 -0700,
> K. Noel Belcourt wrote:
>>
>> I discovered that if bjam is presented with more than one occurrence
>> of the timeout parameter (-l) on the command line, bjam will always
>> use the first occurrence.  Often during regression testing, more than
>> one -l option occurs on the command line.  This patch changes the
>> logic to use the largest specified timeout value on the command line,
>> rather than an order specific selection (i.e. always first, always
>> last, etc...).
>>
>> Tested on Darwin and Linux, okay to commit?
>
> Needs a doc patch too, no?

Yes, I think so.  Working on that.

-- Noel