Re: [Boost-testing] regression.py bug

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-11 18:41:37

Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Beman Dawes writes:
>> 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"
>
> That's the format David provided us with in
> http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg75986.php. Dave?

Dude, that's the *nix format!

On Windows, the ':' character becomes ';' to avoid ambiguity with
drive letters. 

;-)-ly y'rs,
Dave

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