Re: [Boost-testing] Help with boost testing required

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-03 03:59:35

Robert Ramey wrote:

> I've carefully followed the instrucntions at
> http://www.boost.org/tools/regression/xsl_reports/runner/instructions.html
> 
> but it doesn't work.  The log generated by regression.py looks OK but the
> bjam.log indicates a problem:  Below is the results/bjam.log file.
> 
> The messages indicate that it expects to find a directory
> boost/python/boost_python and in fact the expansion of the tarball
> generated
> no such directory.  I did generate boost/python with a bumch of *.hpp
> files.
> 
> Could someone offer a suggestion?
> 
> Robert Ramey
> 
> results/bjam.log
> 
> warning: Graph library does not contain optional GraphML reader.
> note: to enable GraphML support, set EXPAT_INCLUDE and EXPAT_LIBPATH to
> the note: directories containing the Expat headers and libraries,
> respectively. warning: skipping optional Message Passing Interface (MPI)
> library. note: to enable MPI support, add "using mpi ;" to
> user-config.jam. note: to suppress this message, pass "--without-mpi" to
> bjam. note: otherwise, you can safely ignore this message.
> warning: Python location is not configured
> warning: the Boost.Python library won't be built
> Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU support disabled.
> Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more information
> (don't panic: this is a strictly optional feature).
> warning: No toolsets are configured.
> warning: Configuring default toolset "msvc".
> warning: If the default is wrong, you may not be able to build C++
> programs. warning: Use the "--toolset=xxxxx" option to override our guess.
> warning: For more configuration options, please consult
> warning:
> http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/configuration.html
> error: Unable to find file or target named
> error:     '/boost/python//boost_python'

As the message says "/boost/python//boost_python" neither file or *target*.
Such target is only defined when you configure python in your user-config.jam

- Volodya