Re: [Boost-testing] Testing status with serialization library.

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-27 12:48:10

> Ok, I took a brief look at this and it appears that the line causing
> most serialization tests to be skipped on the VeecoFTC platforms is
> libs\serialization\util\test.jam, line 45:
>
>
> <toolset>msvc,<stdlib>stlport,<runtime-link>shared:<build>no
>
> (in the requirements section for the run-template rule).  Both of our
> platforms use a variant of STLport 5.1.5 on Visual C++ 2005.  Is
> there a reason why it is necessary to block building when using DLL
> versions of the run-time libraries?  I am not aware of a problem
> related to this configuration on our systems.

I'm sure I put that in when I was testing with STLPort libaries some
time ago.  I'm sure I did it because my tests failed if I didn't do it.
So, I'll remove this from the test.jam so we should be back in business.

Thanks for spotting this.

Robert Ramey

>
> -Dave