Re: [Boost-testing] Re: range\config.hpp and regression tests broken

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-18 05:35:25

John Maddock wrote:
>>> unicode_iterator_test is failing at runtime with gcc-2.95.3, but 
>>> passes when run locally on my machine (I'm fairly sure that the error 
>>> shown may have been a real issue at some point, but shouldn't be now 
>>> IMO).
>>
>>
>> The test binary for unicode_iterator_test/gcc-2.95.3 and the 
>> associated XML file on my Machine date back to 2004-02-15. Why doesn't 
>> it get rebuilt when there was a code change to fix the errors? Could 
>> this be a result of a failure in building some depend code which 
>> doesn't cause the XML file to get deleted (that's the only idea I have)?
> 
> 
> If I remember correctly this one was down to a temporary problem in 
> Boost.Test: the changes to the Boost.Test headers (the macros changed) 
> should have triggered a rebuild.  I have seen before though that changes 
> to library dependencies don't always trigger rebuilds.

That's pretty alarming.

Regards,
m