Re: [Boost-testing] something to NOT try

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-08 23:49:09

Victor A. Wagner Jr. wrote:
> python run.py --incremental --bjam-options=-j --toolsets=msvc 
> --user=anonymous --runner=RudbekAssociates-V2
> 
> apparently caused my regression testing to come to a sudden stop because 
> bjam would go into an infinite loop.... changing it back to:
> 
> python run.py --incremental --bjam-options=-j2 --toolsets=msvc 
> --user=anonymous --runner=RudbekAssociates-V2
> 
> 
> in case you don't see the difference i'ts the --bjam-options=    that's 
> the apparent culprit.   well, probably the "=-j"
> 
> at any rate, it looks like a bad idea

I'll have to confirm this, but after some further thinking I now realize 
that the problem is definitely the lone '-j' option. I wasn't really 
paying attention when you mentioned this is what you did earlier :-( 
With the lone -j bjam will try and find the "value" argument after it, 
and if it's not there i don't what happens.

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