[Boost-build] Cross compiling regession suite for VxWorks

Subject: [Boost-build] Cross compiling regession suite for VxWorks
From: Kuhl, Brian (brian.kuhl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-12-30 18:59:07

Hi boost experts,
I've been fiddling with boost and VxWorks in my part time for the last few months and have gotten to the point where I can successfully cross build with one particular configuration with just some minor changes to  tools/build/src/gcc.jam and builtin.jam and a custom project-config.jam. 
VxWorks 7 64bit Intel / GNU 4.8.1.5 / Dinkum C++11 /Linux build host /boost 1.59

While I wait for our engineering group to address various bugs that will let me verify a more general solution, I'm trying to determine the best path to running the full regression reporting suite as described here:
http://www.boost.org/development/running_regression_tests.html

I've started by trying "To run every library's regression tests, run b2 from <boost-root>/status directory." 

but that seems to be trying to build some tests that my environment doesn't support.

So before I start debugging, I'd like to know how much this method overlaps with the:
python run.py 
script, if I get the b2 build in /status to run, will the python script also work, or is python a reimplementation of the same thing?

Happy holidays,

Brian Kuhl
Manager, Technical Content Engineering
Wind River

source  ./vxworks_env.sh &&      \
./b2 install -j4 --prefix=/opt/vx7/workspace/VsbSim/usr/root --libdir=/opt/vx7/workspace/VsbSim/usr/lib/common --includedir=/opt/vx7/workspace/VsbSim/usr/h/public   \
           link=static runtime-link=static toolset=gcc-vxworks target-os=vxworks \
           --with-atomic --with-chrono --with-context --with-coroutine --with-date_time --with-exception --with-filesystem --with-graph --with-iostreams --with-log --with-math --with-program_options --with-random --with-regex --with-serialization --with-system --with-thread --with-timer --with-test 
Performing configuration checks
    - 32-bit                   : no  (cached)
    - 64-bit                   : yes (cached)
    - arm                      : no  (cached)
    - mips1                    : no  (cached)
    - power                    : no  (cached)
    - sparc                    : no  (cached)
    - x86                      : yes (cached)
    - symlinks supported       : yes (cached)
    - lockfree boost::atomic_flag : no  (cached)
    - has_icu builds           : no  (cached)
    - zlib                     : yes (cached)
    - compiler-supports-visibility : yes (cached)
    - compiler-supports-ssse3  : yes (cached)
    - compiler-supports-avx2   : yes (cached)
    - gcc visibility           : yes (cached)
    - long double support      : yes (cached)
Component configuration:
    - atomic                   : building
    - chrono                   : building
    - container                : not building
    - context                  : building
    - coroutine                : building
    - coroutine2               : not building
    - date_time                : building
    - exception                : building
    - filesystem               : building
    - graph                    : building
    - graph_parallel           : not building
    - iostreams                : building
    - locale                   : not building
    - log                      : building
    - math                     : building
    - mpi                      : not building
    - program_options          : building
    - python                   : not building
    - random                   : building
    - regex                    : building
    - serialization            : building
    - signals                  : not building
    - system                   : building
    - test                     : building
    - thread                   : building
    - timer                    : building
    - wave                     : not building
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