Re: [Boost-testing] [QNX6] [config] Status report - comments please

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-03 10:10:43

Jim Douglas <jim_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "John Maddock" <john_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>>>>2. Even if cross compilation was possible the run-time testing cannot
>>>>be deferred and performed separately on another machine.
>>>
>>>Understood, that's a problem with most test harnesses, again it may be worth 
>>>bringing this up on the Jamboost list.
>> 
>> 
>> Come to think of it, if you can arrange for the build directory to be
>> cross-mounted on two systems, you can specify something like
>> 
>>     "--debugger=rsh remotemachine"
>> 
>> on your bjam command line and then "rsh remotemachine" will precede
>> all the test invocation commands.
>> 
> That sort of idea did occur to me. The build directory does not 
> necessarily have to be on the target machine so long as the executable 
> can be transferred. 

Well, some input files will be passed using their relative paths on
the command-line, so I don't expect it to be that simple.

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