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Subject: Re: [Boost-cmake] CMake Boost and test cases
From: Denis Arnaud (denis.arnaud_boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-19 16:09:27


Hi Petr,

2012/1/16 Petr Machata <pmachata_at_[hidden]>

> I was trying to run tests in the CMake-ified boost, and found that many
> tests fail even to configure.
>

[...]

 I gave up after phoenix.
>

For sure, you have courage! I gave up earlier than that...

Hmm, so, is this a known thing? Perhaps I'm just missing some magic
> that makes it all work. I know cmake boost is in a lot of flux, so
> chances are this area just needs some work.
>

Dave Abrahams has recently summed up the status of (modularised)
Boost.CMake:
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMakeModularizationStatus

In particular, there is a link with the official dashboard for the standard
(non-CMakeified) Boost:
http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/summary.html
As you will see, there are still a few failing tests. At least, it should
give some hints on which parts
are expected to compile, fail to compile, run successfully or simply fail.
The tests are detailed for each given component. For instance, for
IO-Streams:
http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/iostreams.html
When the test fails, there are some debugging output:
http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/output/Sandia-gcc-4-5-2-boost-bin-v2-libs-iostreams-test-newline_test-test-gcc-4-5-2-debug.html

Note that the robot performing the tests for modularised Boost provide also
some details:
http://bbot.boostpro.com/waterfall?show_events=true&builder=Boost-gcc-linux-Integration&reload=none

That does not answer exactly your questions, but it gives some food for
thoughts, doesn't it?

Cheers

Denis



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