Re: [Boost-testing] SpeedSnail / Failing regex test

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-29 12:43:30

David Abrahams wrote:
> Hi John and Roland,,
>
> w.r.t. http://tinyurl.com/2r8yco, what do we know exactly?
>
> Are we sure test wasn't killed by the regression system's timeout
> mechanism.  Given the -l3600 argument, the test would have to have run
> for over an hour, right?  Does it do anything like that?

Apparently, yes, but only when run under the build script, running bjam 
standalone the test passes - is that correct Roland?

Dave, can you try this test for yourself and see if it run's to completion 
on your machine?  I'd love to track down what the issue is here.

Thanks all, John.