Re: [Boost-build] Unit tests and DLL hell

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Unit tests and DLL hell
From: Joshua Boyce (raptorfactor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-26 07:22:34

Thanks man, I'll give it a try. Pretty frustrating though that there seems
to be no way to do this without modifying Boost.Build.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Matthew Chambers <matt.chambers42_at_[hidden]
> wrote:

> I use a hacked msvc.jam for supporting C++/CLI projects and targets that
> require side-by-side DLLs (assemblies, assembly dependencies, registry-free
> COM via SxS manifests). It works for the most part but there are some rough
> edges:
>
> http://proteowizard.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/proteowizard/trunk/pwiz/libraries/boost-build/tools/msvc.jam
>
> I didn't look at your Jamfiles, but in your case I think you should specify
> the DLLs as <assembly-dependency>.
>
> Hope this helps,
> -Matt
>
>
>
> On 4/24/2011 10:04 AM, Joshua Boyce wrote:
>
>> I'm currently using Boost.Build as my library's build system, and I'm
>> using Boost.Test for the unit
>> testing, however I've run into a problem with one of my tests. The library
>> I'm trying to test has
>> two binary dependencies, which I just 'install' (using the Boost.Build
>> install rule) when I build my
>> application, however I can't work out how to drop the DLLs alongside the
>> unit tests binaries.
>>
>> I have tried adding them as dependencies using the 'project' rule, but
>> that doesn't cause the files
>> to be copied as part of the unit test build phase (it works for the
>> install rule however when my
>> application is built).
>>
>> Is there any way I can have Boost.Build copy over my dependencies to the
>> unit test's binary dir
>> before it is run? If I can't do this is renders a large portion of my
>> library untestable using this
>> system, as the DLLs are critical to its operation.
>>
>> In case it matters, the DLLs I'm referring to are the DbgHelp and SymSrv
>> DLLs from the redist dir of
>> the latest "Debugging Tools for Windows" package.
>>
>> My library can be found here:
>> https://code.google.com/p/hadesmem/
>> Direct link to relevant files:
>> https://code.google.com/p/hadesmem/source/browse/trunk/Jamroot
>>
>> https://code.google.com/p/hadesmem/source/browse/trunk/Src/Memory/Jamfile.v2
>> https://code.google.com/p/hadesmem/source/browse/trunk/Tests/Jamfile.v2
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> P.S. Feel free to point out any problems you see with how I'm using the
>> build system, including ways
>> I could simplify or improve my usage.
>>
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