Re: [Boost-testing] [EXTERNAL] URGENT: Regression testing repo migration..

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] [EXTERNAL] URGENT: Regression testing repo migration..
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-27 14:37:27

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Belcourt, Kenneth <kbelco_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

>
> On Jan 21, 2015, at 2:42 PM, Belcourt, K. Noel <kbelco_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 21, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> >> FYI.. I've started restructuring the regression repo to better know
> what the various tools are and the subparts thereof. And to try and work
> towards faster, cleaner, and easier to maintain code. And part of that
> restructure is done enough for report generation use. So..
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> >> I'm going to remove the outdated regression testing code in the
> boostorg/boost super-repo the weekend of January 24th. Everyone MUST stop
> using the old scripts immediately as they will disappear in approximately 7
> days.
> >
> > While I fully appreciate and support your desire to do this, it appears
> there’s something wrong with the new version, at least our uses of it.
> I’ve tried several things and our testers do not seem to run correctly
> under the new run.py, no idea why as yet.  Could I ask that you please not
> remove the old stuff until we get this issue resolved?
>
> Alright, I’ve found the source of our problem with the new run.py script.
> For whatever reason, PJL was being built only once, rather than once per
> tester.  I guess this is because I used to run testers with a completely
> clean test directory so PJL was built each time a tester ran.  With the new
> run.py script, it was finding a previously built PJL but was unable to
> locate the dependent shared libraries due to an overwritten LD_LIB path.
>
> So Rene, I think you can safely remove the outdated regression testing
> code, thanks for giving me a chance to track this down.
>

Thank you for tracking it down quickly! I've scheduled the deletion for
this weekend.

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