Re: [Boost-users] testing boost cross-compiled

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] testing boost cross-compiled
From: McLemon, Sean (Sean.McLemon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-17 12:38:03

Excellent, thanks again Volodya!
 
> "does", or "does not"?
Clearly it has been a long week, I meant "does not" :) 

- Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-users-
> bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Vladimir Prus
> Sent: 17 July 2009 16:52
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] testing boost cross-compiled
> 
> McLemon, Sean wrote:
> 
> > Having configured the Boost library for our embedded target, built
> Boost
> > and tested a few examples successfully we'd like to incorporate
Boost
> > into our testing framework. I've a couple of queries, though:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. When we run the run.py script it checks out a fresh version of
> Boost
> > from SVN, perhaps clobbering local changes or at least wasting a lot
> of
> > time before testing. The workaround suggested in the website
> > (http://beta.boost.org/development/running_regression_tests.html) -
> that
> > is passing "--user=" to the script - doesn't change this. Is there
> any
> > way to prevent this happening reliably?
> 
> There's some option to keep the local source, something like --have-
> source,
> but I don't remember exactly.
> 
> > 2. Any executable we generate will need to be run using our command
> line
> > simulator (i.e. we might create test.dxe, and run using
jitccs532.exe
> > test.dxe), how should I convey this to the test suite?
> 
> You should pass testing.launcher=jitccs532.exe to bjam command line.
> 
> > 3. Our simulator does support input redirection via the command line
> > (i.e. $ yes | jitccs532 test.dxe) or command line arguments - does
> this
> > mean that some of tests won't be usable?
> 
> "does", or "does not"? Most tests don't do any io or take any command
> line
> options. Some do, and surely won't work if your simulator does not
> provide
> that.
> 
> - Volodya
> 
> 
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