Re: [Boost-build] Latest b2 on trunk always rerunning tests

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Latest b2 on trunk always rerunning tests
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-06 11:08:36

On 11/6/2013 4:21 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On 06.11.2013 13:01, Edward Diener wrote:
>> I am using the latest b2/bjam executable from 'trunk'. What I am
>> seeing is that when running tests for any particular Boost library, the
>> tests are always being rerun. For instance if I go into mpl or
>> type_traits and run 'b2 toolset=sometoolset', all the tests for that
>> module
>> are rerun every time. This occurs even when all tests have previously
>> passed and there have not been any changes to the source files for the
>> tests.
>>
>> Is this a bug with the latest b2/bjam changes ? If not, how can I
>> debug why the tests are being rerun even when no changes have been made ?
>
> I don't see this on trunk, when running b2 in libs/program_options/test;
> I'm on Ubuntu. Can you see whether the problem exists in that
> directory as well, for you?

It exists in that directory as well when running b2 in Windows. I will 
try it in Linux to see if the same problem occurs.