Re: [Boost-testing] [Martin Wille] Python tests

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-02 04:54:46

David Abrahams wrote:
> Martin Wille writes:
> 
>> David Abrahams wrote:

>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/hznkp seems to indicate that recent changes I made
>>> to tools/build/v2/tools/python.jam may be interfering with your
>>> configuration.  Could you
>>>
>>> a. Try to run the test while passing --debug-configuration to bjam and
>>>    send me the relevant output, and
>>>
>>> b. Try rolling back to the previous version of python.jam and see if
>>>    that makes a difference?
>>
>> This request is a couple of days old. Is this still needed?
> 
> It wouldn't hurt, since so many tests are failing, to do at least step
> a., and maybe step b., too.

The output for gcc 4.1.0 on x86_64 can be found at 
http://tinyurl.com/fpzg5 (268KB Text)

> 
>> It seems that the different Python installations I use for testing 
>> differ in some settings.

>> Most of the tests fail for almost all Python installations I built 
>> myself (the exception is icc 9.0).
> 
> All the failures seem to have the same symptom: the symbol
> PyUnicodeUCS2_AsWideChar can't be found.  In turn, I'm betting that's
> because the Python you're actually running was built with a different
> Py_UNICODE_SIZE or Py_UNICODE_WIDE setting than the setting in your
> Python.h.

Hmm, I have no idea how the Python installation procedure could cause 
this problem. Could there be a different (e.g. the system's) Python.h be 
interfering? If so then the -I flags would need to get rearranged.

Regards,
m

PS: I'm away now. I'll be able to delete the old results tomorrow or the 
day after tomorrow.

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