[Boost-testing] Re: Whitespace (again)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-12 18:48:36

Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Victor A. Wagner Jr. writes:
>> At Saturday 2005-03-12 10:19, you wrote:
>>>"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will treat everything as though it's outdated.
>>
>> yeah, but regression.py is handling the calls to bjam not me.
>
> 'regression.py' allows you to pass options to bjam through
> conveniently named "--bjam-options" option. However, I'm not sure I
> understand Dave's suggestion. Is passing "-a" any different than
> deleting all the binaries -- e.g. doing "full" run?

Only in that you don't have to wait for the "binaries" to be deleted.

(It's not just binaries, but all of the build products, some of which
are text files)

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