Jim Bell wrote:
On 1:59 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:
Jim Bell wrote:
On 1:59 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
At Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:16:37 -0500, Jim Bell wrote:
[...] Thanks! That does sound much easier. I didn't see that anywhere in the docs. That's a cryin' shame. Everyone seems to think they need to generate HTML, etc. etc. in order to run the tests, when all you need is bjam. [...] Perfect time to insert a plug for my personal method. To test a specific library (e.g. serialization)
a) cd to ../lib/serialization/test b) ../../../tools/regression/src/library_test.sh (or ..\..\..\library_test.bat)
And you will be rewarded with and HTML table in the ../libs/serialization/test directory which has all your test results for all platforms and combinations. Each time you rerun the tests, the column is updated. Each time you run tests with a new set of attributes (compiler, os, variant, etc) you get a new column added to the table.
You know, I came across this not long ago, but it had a few problems too...
* You have to manually (albeit trivially) hack tools/regression/build/Jamroot.jam to get library_status to build.
I think things got changed a little from my original submission in order to deal with some other issues. You might want to update the jamfile.
* Doc discrepancy: output files are in the <compiler>/release dir, not dist/bin * Doc discrepancy: library_test.bat (and .sh) are in a different dir.
I don't remember making and documentation for it - but if there is feel free to correct it or ask me to do it.
* library_status was hanging or running away on an empty bjam.log (can't find this in my notes so I don't remember the exact symptoms--sorry!)
Hmmm - haven't seen this myself.
* I was trying to use it with boost built with a different '--build-dir' argument (a directory outside boost's root), and it didn't play well. I looked at --locate-root but couldn't bridge the gap. (The '--echo' parameter was very helpful.)
I likely didn't test it with different scenarios that I use - so all bets are off.
* Win32 seemed less supported than linux (though I can run bash under win32, many can't).
library_test.bat should work - though I don't use it. It's a very simple script if someone want's/needs to fix it. I use it on win32 only. I test using cygwin/gcc-4.3.4. library_test.sh/bat works under standard windows.
So I decided it wasn't maintained.
Hmmm - I've been using it "forever" with little problem. Admitadly I built it long ago but since it hasnt' bugged me - I just haven't touched it.
And that bjam was, indeed, not meant to be run without help.
I'd love to see this work for the view it gives, but I don't mind looking through a boost log either if I'm looking for a specific test result.
I notice that the table now builds with some extraneous columns now that the the tests include some DLLS. I could fix it but it easier to ignore than to really fix. Robert Ramey