on Thu Mar 15 2007, Roland Schwarz <roland.schwarz-AT-chello.at> wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
# Example usage: # # using python : 2.3 ; # using python : 2.3 : /usr/local/bin/python ; #
Hmm, not sure yet what this means for regression testing on cygwin/mingw.
You can set up your user-config.jam so a bjam built under Windows will can build/test both windows and cygwin python extensions. Just pass <target-os>cygwin in the "condition" parameter to "using python..." for the cygwin python installation.
using python ; # windows installation using python : : /usr/bin/python2.5 : : : <target-os>cygwin ;
when you put target-os=cygwin in your build request, it should build with the cygwin version of python:
bjam target-os=cygwin toolset=gcc
Does this mean, that invoking bjam with toolset=gcc from CMD.EXE (where gcc is the cygwin or more correctly: cygming version) will now build against the MSVC.DLL's by default? (I.e. pass on the -mno-cygwin switch to the compile and link stages).
No. IIUC if you want that, you still need to pass the flavor=mingw option. In my opinion that should be automatically tied to target-os, but that feature is outside my direct responsibility and not strictly required for the release.
Hmm, this would mean I should run my regression setup unaltered...?
http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-RC_1_34_0/speedsnail-g...
That setup will not generate successful tests of Boost.Python with the cygwin flavor of GCC, since you haven't got a "using python" with <target-os>cygwin in the condition. Naturally, that would have to refer to a cygwin build of Python, not the same one that's used for your mingw tests. Also, although that configuration *will* work for native windows builds, note that the preferred way to configure Python is now to specify a command, not a prefix directory as you have done. You can also leave it out in most cases; when Python is installed on Windows, it creates registry entries that can be used to find the installations. using python ; ought to be enough. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com