Re: [Boost-testing] [run.py] Strange behavior for timeout option

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-07 09:34:18

Markus Schöpflin wrote:
> I just switched from regression.py to run.py and I'm a little puzzled by 
> it's behavior.
> 
> run.py is invoked like this: run.py ... --bjam-options="-l1800"
> 
> The command line generated to run the regression tests looks like this:
> 
> .../bjam ... -l300 hp_cxx-71_006_tru64 -d2 --dump-tests -l1800 ...
> 
> Note the two values for the bjam -l option? Where does it come from? How do 
> I get rid of it?

Don't specify the -lx in --bjam-options, instead add a --timeout=30.

> Also it seems that running run.py -h or --help doesn't do what I'd expect 
> it to do, namely show the help. Instead it goes ahead and starts 
> downloading things. It this how it should work?

Yea, that's how it works. "run.py" is strictly a bootstrap script. It 
doesn't do much other than download the real scripts, regression.py and 
collect_and_upload_logs.py.

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