[Boost-testing] regression.py bug

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-10 21:13:34

I've tracked down the problem that was preventing my tests from using a 
local jamfile in the runner directory.

bjam is getting invoked with the command line:

# Starting tests 
(F:\boost-auto-regr\boost\tools\build\jam_src\bin.ntx86\bjam.ex
e 
"-sBOOST_BUILD_PATH=F:\boost-auto-regr:F:\boost-auto-regr\boost\tools/build/v1
" "-sBOOST_ROOT=F:\boost-auto-regr\boost" "-sTOOLS=cw-9_4 gcc-3_3_3-cygwin 
intel
-win32-8_1" -d2 --dump-tests 
"-sALL_LOCATE_TARGET=F:\boost-auto-regr\results" >
>F:\boost-auto-regr\results\bjam.log 2>&1)...

Notice the three colons in 
"-sBOOST_BUILD_PATH=F:\boost-auto-regr:F:\boost-auto-regr\boost\tools/build/v1"

In regression.py, about line 417:

    def bjam_command( toolsets ):

        result = '%s "-sBOOST_BUILD_PATH=%s:%s" "-sBOOST_ROOT=%s"'\
            % (
                tool_path( bjam )
              , regression_root
              , os.path.join( boost_root, 'tools/build/v1' )
              , boost_root
              )

        if not toolsets is None:
            result += ' "-sTOOLS=%s"' % string.join( string.split( toolsets, 
',' ), ' ' )

        return result

If that gets changed to:

    def bjam_command( toolsets ):

#        result = '%s "-sBOOST_BUILD_PATH=%s:%s" "-sBOOST_ROOT=%s"'\
        result = '%s "-sBOOST_BUILD_PATH=%s" "-sBOOST_ROOT=%s"'\
            % (
                tool_path( bjam )
              , regression_root
#              , os.path.join( boost_root, 'tools/build/v1' )
              , boost_root
              )

        if not toolsets is None:
            result += ' "-sTOOLS=%s"' % string.join( string.split( toolsets, 
',' ), ' ' )

        return result

then the .jam file is found and the problem goes away. At least on my Win XP 
SP2 system. Haven't tried it on any other systems.

Hopefully this will give the MetaCommunications folks enough information to 
fix the problem permanently.

Thanks,

--Beman