Re: [Boost-testing] Failing tests on gcc of serialization library

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] Failing tests on gcc of serialization library
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-20 10:50:34

On 10/20/15 7:31 AM, Robert Ramey wrote:
> I notice a lot of the serialization library tests are failing.
>
> In a number of cases the test is failing to compile.
>
> A cause might be the command line switch "g++-5  -ftemplate-depth-128"
> The Jamfiles for the test specify
>
> <toolset>gcc:<cxxflags>"-ftemplate-depth-255"
>
> But this information doesn't seem to be getting used by the test itself.
>   I should note that exactly the same compiler passes on my own machine.
>
> Why are the settings used by the tester different from what I expect?
>
> Robert Ramey

I quadriple checked my jamfiles and it seems that I had the stack depth 
extension only in my test builds but not in the library builds.  I've 
now fixed this and checked it in.  We'll see if that fixes this problem.

Robert Ramey