Re: [Boost-testing] error: "8.3/runtime" is not a known subfeature value of <toolset>cw

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-15 05:50:08

Vladimir Prus writes:
> I'm pretty sure this is yet another fallout from "--toolset" option and
> multiple toolsets.
> 
> May I suggest that the "--toolset" change be reverted, and the
> command line be:
> 
>    borland-5.6.4 borland-5.8.2 msvc-6.5 msvc-7.0 cw-8.3/runtime-link=static

Don't we want this working before we release?

> If I understand correctly, change to use "toolset=" or "--toolset"
> is not a pressing at all -- the only difference is that "toolset="
> and "--toolset" performs toolset auto-configuration and:
> 
>         1. Most testers have perfectly working user-config.jam

Sort of, I'd say. We (metacomm) still have an outstanding CW issue
which we are not sure what to attribute to (toolset config, toolset
command line specification, something else?):
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.testing/3515/focus=3698

>         2. Using autoconfiguration for regression tests might be a
>         bad idea in general.

Why?

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Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering