Re: [Boost-testing] bjam.exe crash, msvc-10, tag=master

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] bjam.exe crash, msvc-10, tag=master
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-23 20:52:04

AMDG

On 02/23/2014 11:22 AM, Jim Bell wrote:
> 
> On 2014-02-22 5:04 PM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
>> On 02/22/2014 02:25 PM, Jim Bell wrote:
>>> On 2014-02-21 11:30 AM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
>>>> On 02/20/2014 09:58 AM, Jim Bell wrote:
>>>>> ... But maybe I'll attach
>>>>> a debugger on the next run anyway.
>>>>>
>>>> In that case, you might want to build
>>>> bjam with --symbols.
>>> I did a "bootstrap --symbols" in tools_bb, and I see it passed through
>>> in bootstrap.log, but the resulting bjam.exe is only 512 bytes larger.
>>> And all the .obj files are dated right now, too.
>> Is there a .pdb file?
> 
> Two .pdb files, but both in src/engine/bootstrap: jam0.pdb and vc10.pdb.
> None in src/engine/bin.ntx86.
> 

I just looked at build.jam.  --symbols
only works for gcc.  With msvc, it's ignored.
(I don't recommend using a debug build
for the regression tests.)

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe