Jens Seidel <jensseidel <at> users.sf.net> writes:
So Benoit tries to find an easy way to test a system whether Boost.Test is available.
This is quite open ended question. What specifically are you trying to detect? Presence of Boost.Test headers? Presence of prebuild Boost.Test libraries (static and/or dynamic)? Presence od single header variant of Boost.Test? Presence of Unit test framework or program execution monitor or just an execution monitor. Support for specific feature in Boost.Test I would guess each require separate and different test.
What does "outside of UnitTest framework" mean? Do you refer to a special namespace, the requirement to link against the boost-unittest library or what?
No. I mean outside of test case - directly in main()
Benoit: As Gennadiy pointed out (thanks) it is possible to define the macro whether shared or static libraries are used directly in the Makefile. I'm sorry to note that I consider it now your job to determine whether you link against the shared or static library and to set BOOST_CXXFLAGS accordingly.
Depending what are you are trying to find you will need different tests and potencially different make rules.
You probably have to check whether test code compiled with or without a user specified main function to determine this. Maybe Gennadiy can help even more by providing a single (two or three lines only) check for both?
I am not quite sure what main() has to do with it. From where I stand, you don't need main() in either case. Gennadiy