Hello All,

Platform/toolset information: Windows, MSVC9.0, primarily 64-bit but we do have 32-bit, _SECURE_SCL=0

My company is using boost 1.45.0 and we build boost ourselves. We have a policy that for any off-the-shelf software we build from source, we run the unit tests for that package to verify a basic level of usability.

When running the tests for all libraries (by using a script to CD into their respective ‘test’ directories and running bjam), most pass but I do get a few failures. The bjam command line I’m using for each is:

bjam.exe --build-dir=%BOOST_ROOT%\..\build_x64_tests --user-config=%BOOST_ROOT%\user-config.jam link=shared address-model=64 cxxflags=/D_SECURE_SCL=0

The user-config.jam simply forces the use of the msvc90 toolset.

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The results:

Lexical Cast

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lexical_cast_loopback_test.cpp(74): error in "test_round_conversion_double": check magic_msvc == lexical_cast<T>(magic_msvc_s) failed

lexical_cast_loopback_test.cpp(74): error in "test_round_conversion_long_double": check magic_msvc == lexical_cast<T>(magic_msvc_s) failed

tr1.random

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unknown location(0): fatal error in "test_main_caller( argc, argv )":

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.

Please contact the application's support team for more information.

run_random.cpp(48): last checkpoint

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\INCLUDE\../include/random(850): invalid argument for subtract_with_carry[_01]::seed

*** 1 failure detected in test suite "Test Program"

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Does anyone know what might be the cause of these failures?

Maybe I’m running the tests incorrectly? Keep in mind that we absolutely need certain compiler flags – running bjam by itself will choose the wrong compiler, address model and _SECURE_SCL flags.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Jason

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