"Rozental, Gennadiy" <gennadiy.rozental@thomson.com> writes:

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- test: ifstream_line_iterator_test

Commented out by the author -- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/boost/boost/libs/test/te st/Jamfile?r1=1.23&r2=1.24

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I'm not sure whether this is a good practice. I'd say that if the test failure indicates a real issue with the library on a particular set of compilers -- even if that set includes most of them -- then marking it up as an "expected failure" with a corresponding note would be more fair.

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Michael? Gennadiy?

Above test actually should pass on almost all compilers (as it does locally). For some reason it fails during regression test. Something about couldn't find pattern file. So, because

1. I do not know how to fix that. 2. Nobody responded on my request 3. This test is not critical for this release 4. We have enough on our plates already

I decided to comment it out for now. I plan to reinclude it after release.

The way libs/test/test/Jamfile refers to input files is broken. there should be no use of $(test-dir). tests are always run from the directory of the Jamfile. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com