Re: [Boost-testing] Build monitor killed my test?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-03 09:32:51

Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>>> Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>>>>> I recently started a "monitored" test run, went away for a while, and
>>>>>> came back to find only the build monitor still running.  I remember
>>>>>> people had trouble with this a while back.  Did we ever find a cure?
>>>>> Yes. Use the "-lx" option of bjam instead.
>>>> it's not in the --help documentation.  What does it do?
>>> http://engineering.meta-comm.com/resources/cs-win32_metacomm/doc/html/jam/usage.html#jam.usage.options
>> 
>> Hmm, it's not seeming to kill off the assertion dialog that one of my
>> tests produces.  Am I missing something?
>
> Hm, there is code to try and close off those dialogs. I didn't write 
> that part of the code so I'd only be guessing why it doesn't work in 
> your case.

Who did write it?  I still have these dialogs hanging around from
crashed tests.

Thanks,

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