Re: [Boost-users] [test] Still SIGCHLD issues?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [test] Still SIGCHLD issues?
From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-16 11:32:50

Boris Schaeling <boris <at> highscore.de> writes:

> > Thanks for the pointer. I was hoping for a provided run-time 
> > solution, which would have been the best.
> 
> Yes, I agree.

If nothing else works, you can reset signal handler yourself inside 
the test case.
 
> > If stuck with a compile-time solution, it would IMHO have been more  
> > lenient having to define e.g. BOOST_TEST_HANDLE_NON_ZERO_CHILD_CODE and  
> > BOOST_TEST_HANDLE_SIGCHLD rather than having this new behaviour by  
> > default. I really can't currently imagine a scenario where I would want  
> > this enabled.

Boost.Test is trying to catch all kinds of failures. Child proces crashing or
returning non-zero error code is usual indication of an error.

Gennadiy.