[Boost-testing] Re: Whitespace (again)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-12 12:19:01

"Victor A. Wagner Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At Friday 2005-03-11 19:09, you wrote:
>>"Victor A. Wagner Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>> >
>> > If I remember correctly, I put the del *.xml into the script because
>> > if I didn't, and the tests blew up spectacularly, the xml wouldn't be
>> > deleted, the old one would still be there and nobody would be the
>> > wiser until someone goes "how come Rudbek's ruing blah test just
>> > fine?" then I panic and discover that indeed, that some test is
>> > crashing so hard that the test report is inaccurate.
>> > I'd prefer _not_ to have to build every test every time...the run time
>> > goes up appreciably.
>> > so... what's the solution?
>> > to quit deleting .xml files and hope the original problem is fixed?
>> > delete all the .exe only?
>> > what are .test files?  _should_ I be deleting them??
>> > "Enquiring minds want to know"
>> >
>>
>>Victor,
>>
>>
>>Due to many reasons incremental testing is _not_ reliable and there is
>>no quick way to fix that. The list of problems we have with
>>incremental testing is on http://tinyurl.com/5mk7l. Any help would be
>>appreciated. All four of the issues require a more than introductory
>>knowledge of BBv1 - for sure certainly more than I have.
>>
>>It would be nice if somebody would take on some of the issues, because
>>the learning curve for me would be the same as for any bjam novice.
>
> so how do I do regression runs that ARE reliable?

If you want to be absolutely sure, pass the -a option to bjam and it
will treat everything as though it's outdated.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com