Re: [Boost-build] How to run inspect as part of a test-suite?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How to run inspect as part of a test-suite?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-24 15:56:09

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> AMDG
>
> On 12/20/2013 08:03 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/20/2013 07:10 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      [ run /boost/tools/inspect//inspect/<variant>release
> >>>        : .. -text -brief # command line
> >>
> >> You just need to root .. by using path-constant.
> >>
> >
> > Sorry, that's way above my bjam skill level. And since use of inspect in
> > this context is almost always going to need command line arguments, the
> ..
> > doesn't appear to be a problem.
> >
>
> What I mean is that passing a literal .. won't work
> when bjam is run from a different directory
> (status/ for instance).
>
> path-constant parent : .. ;
> # ...
> run ... : $(parent) -text -brief ;
>

I've now tested this and it worked fine, AFAICS.

All changes to inspect, timer, and the super have been merged to master.

Thanks,

--Beman