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<h1>Boost Regression Test User Documentation</h1>
<p><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a><br>
<a href="#Preparation">Preparation</a><br>
<a href="#Execution">Execution</a><br>
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<a href="#History">History</a></p>
<h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
<p>Boost's internal regression test suite produces the
<a href="../status/compiler_status.html">compiler status tables</a>. </p>
<p>Although not ordinarily run by Boost library users, it is documented here for
the benefit of Boost developers, and for Boost users porting to a new platform.</p>
<p>Version 3 of the Boost regression testing framework is based on
<a href="../tools/build/index.html">Boost.Build</a>, and uses <i>bjam</i> to
actually run the tests. Because Boost.Build does dependency analysis, only tests
for which some dependency has change are rerun.</p>
<p>The reporting of test results as HTML files is accomplished by separate
<a href="../tools/regression/index.htm">regression reporting
programs</a> which process the residue and log files from the <i>bjam</i> run.</p>
<p>Boost's internal regression test suite produces the <a
href="../status/compiler_status.html">compiler status tables</a>.
</p>
<p>Although not ordinarily run by Boost library users, it is
documented here for the benefit of Boost developers, and for
Boost users porting to a new platform.</p>
<p>Version 3 of the Boost regression testing framework is based
on <a href="../tools/build/index.html">Boost.Build</a>, and uses <i>bjam</i>
to actually run the tests. Because Boost.Build does dependency
analysis, only tests for which some dependency has change are
rerun.</p>
<p>The reporting of test results as HTML files is accomplished by
separate <a href="../tools/regression/index.htm">regression
reporting programs</a> which process the residue and log files
from the <i>bjam</i> run.</p>
<h2><a name="Preparation">Preparation</a></h2>
<p>Install the following programs on your system, in some location suitable for
program executables. Normally that location must be in a directory which is part of
your search path for executables.</p>
<p>Install the following programs on your system, in some
location suitable for program executables. Normally that location
must be in a directory which is part of your search path for
executables.</p>
<ul>
<li><i>bjam</i> - Executables and sources are available; see
<a href="../tools/build/index.html#Jam">Boost.Build docs</a>.&nbsp; Before
worrying about regression tests, you might want to verify your <i>bjam</i>
installation works by <a href="../tools/build/index.html#Building">building
the boost-root/status/Jamfile libraries</a>.<br>
&nbsp;</li>
<li><i>process_jam_log</i> and <i>compiler_status</i> -
<a href="regression.html">Sources and docs</a> are available for these, too. </li>
<li><i>bjam</i> - Executables and sources are available; see <a
href="../tools/build/index.html#Jam">Boost.Build docs</a>.&nbsp;
Before worrying about regression tests, you might want to
verify your <i>bjam</i> installation works by <a
href="../tools/build/index.html#Building">building the
boost-root/status/Jamfile libraries</a>.<br>
&nbsp;</li>
<li><i>process_jam_log</i> and <i>compiler_status</i> - <a
href="regression.html">Sources and docs</a> are available
for these, too. </li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="Execution">Execution</a></h2>
<p>These examples assume several environment variables have been set:</p>
<p>These examples assume several environment variables have been
set:</p>
<ul>
<li>BOOST_ROOT is set to the directory where the unzipped Boost distribution
or CVS working copy resides.&nbsp; For example:<br>
<br>
set BOOST_ROOT=/boost_1_29_0<br>
&nbsp;</li>
<li>TOOLS is set to the <a href="../tools/build/index.html#Tools">compiler
toolsets</a> you wish to use. For example:<br>
<br>
set TOOLS=borland gcc intel-win32 metrowerks vc7<br>
&nbsp;</li>
<li>Any environment variables required for particular compilers.&nbsp; You
might wish to test first with one compiler at a time to make sure each toolset
is fully operational.</li>
<li>BOOST_ROOT is set to the directory where the unzipped
Boost distribution or CVS working copy resides.&nbsp; For
example:<br>
<br>
set BOOST_ROOT=/boost_1_29_0<br>
&nbsp;</li>
<li>TOOLS is set to the <a
href="../tools/build/index.html#Tools">compiler toolsets</a>
you wish to use. For example:<br>
<br>
set TOOLS=borland gcc intel-win32 metrowerks vc7<br>
&nbsp;</li>
<li>Any environment variables required for particular
compilers.&nbsp; You might wish to test first with one
compiler at a time to make sure each toolset is fully
operational.</li>
</ul>
<p>A full set of tests and status tables can then be run thusly on a Window 2000
system:</p>
<p>A full set of tests and status tables can then be run thusly
on a Window 2000 system:</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>cd %BOOST_ROOT%\status
<pre>cd %BOOST_ROOT%\status
md bin 2&gt;nul
bjam --dump-tests test &gt;bin\bjam.log 2&gt;&amp;1
start notepad bin\bjam.log
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compiler_status --ignore-pass %BOOST_ROOT% cs-win32-warn-or-fail.html cs-win32-links.html
compiler_status %BOOST_ROOT% cs-win32-full.html cs-win32-links.html</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>Modulo syntax adjustments, the same procedure should work on other operating
systems.&nbsp; Rename the cs-win-xxx output files as appropriate.</p>
<p>If you execute <i>compiler_status</i> without arguments, you can see the
available options and tailor your own favorite report.</p>
<p>If you want to run just a single test, specify it as the <i>bjam</i> target
rather than &quot;test&quot;.&nbsp; For example, to debug configurations, it might be
useful to just run the <i>config_info</i> test, with a switch to force even
up-to-date programs be rebuilt:</p>
<p>Modulo syntax adjustments, the same procedure should work on
other operating systems (an example shell script for this is <a
href="../tools/regression/run_tests.sh">provided</a>, see the
script itself for comments and directions).&nbsp; Rename the cs-win-xxx
output files as appropriate.</p>
<p>If you execute <i>compiler_status</i> without arguments, you
can see the available options and tailor your own favorite report.</p>
<p>If you want to run just a single test, specify it as the <i>bjam</i>
target rather than &quot;test&quot;.&nbsp; For example, to debug
configurations, it might be useful to just run the <i>config_info</i>
test, with a switch to force even up-to-date programs be rebuilt:</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>bjam -a --dump-tests config_info &gt;bin\bjam.log 2&gt;&amp;1
<pre>bjam -a --dump-tests config_info &gt;bin\bjam.log 2&gt;&amp;1
process_jam_log &lt;bin\bjam.log
compiler_status %BOOST_ROOT% cs-win32.html
</pre>
</blockquote>
<h2><a name="Adding_new_test">Adding a new test</a></h2>
<h3>Overall Boost regression tests</h3>
<p>Adding tests is as simple as adding a single line to the
<a href="../status/Jamfile">boost-root/status/Jamfile</a>:</p>
<p>Adding tests is as simple as adding a single line to the <a
href="../status/Jamfile">boost-root/status/Jamfile</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>run libs/mylib/test/mytest.cpp ;</pre>
<pre>run libs/mylib/test/mytest.cpp ;</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>Don't forget that Jam is white-space sensitive; delete the space before the
semi-colon in the example above, and you will get an introduction to Jam error
messages.</p>
<p>For creating more complex tests and test-suites, look at examples in the
<a href="../status/Jamfile">Jamfile</a>.&nbsp; The <i>bind</i> and <i>config</i>
test-suites are simple examples, while the <i>regex</i> and <i>threads</i> test
suites show more of the power of Jam based testing.</p>
<p>Don't forget that Jam is white-space sensitive; delete the
space before the semi-colon in the example above, and you will
get an introduction to Jam error messages.</p>
<p>For creating more complex tests and test-suites, look at
examples in the <a href="../status/Jamfile">Jamfile</a>.&nbsp;
The <i>bind</i> and <i>config</i> test-suites are simple
examples, while the <i>regex</i> and <i>threads</i> test suites
show more of the power of Jam based testing.</p>
<h3>Private tests for a specific library</h3>
<p>A library can have its own private set of tests by creating a Jamfile in one
of the library's own sub-directories.&nbsp; For an example of this, see
<a href="../libs/test/test/Jamfile">boost-root/libs/test/test/Jamfile</a>.</p>
<p>A library can have its own private set of tests by creating a
Jamfile in one of the library's own sub-directories.&nbsp; For an
example of this, see <a href="../libs/test/test/Jamfile">boost-root/libs/test/test/Jamfile</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="Requirements">Requirements</a></h2>
<p>The test suite has been designed to meet to the following requirements. </p>
<p>The test suite has been designed to meet to the following
requirements. </p>
<ul>
<li>Doesn't depend on an external toolchain. This requirement is met by
supplying all tools in the regular <a href="download.html">Boost distribution</a>, except
for a C++ compiler.<li>Tools are written in C++; it is the only language that
all Boost developers and users are comfortable with.<li>Supports tests which expect an error
<li>Configuration is independent of the target platform or compiler.
<li>HTML output
<li>Doesn't depend on an external toolchain. This requirement
is met by supplying all tools in the regular <a
href="download.html">Boost distribution</a>, except for a
C++ compiler.</li>
<li>Tools are written in C++; it is the only language that
all Boost developers and users are comfortable with.</li>
<li>Supports tests which expect an error </li>
<li>Configuration is independent of the target platform or
compiler. </li>
<li>HTML output </li>
</ul>
<p>These requirements rule out any script-based approach such as dejagnu
(requires Tcl and expect) or even shell scripts. </p>
<h2><a name="History">History</a></h2>
<p>The version 3 testing.jam and status/Jamfile foundation was contributed by
Dave Abrahams. The post-bjam processing programs were contributed by Beman
Dawes.</p>
<p>These requirements rule out any script-based approach such as
dejagnu (requires Tcl and expect) or even shell scripts. </p>
<p>The version 2 regression.cpp test program was contributed
by Jens Maurer, generalizing and improving an earlier version 1 program by Beman Dawes.</p>
<h2><a name="History">History</a></h2>
<p>The version 3 testing.jam and status/Jamfile foundation was
contributed by Dave Abrahams. The post-bjam processing programs
were contributed by Beman Dawes.</p>
<p>The version 2 regression.cpp test program was contributed by
Jens Maurer, generalizing and improving an earlier version 1
program by Beman Dawes.</p>
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Original author:
<a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a><br>
Updates: <a href="../people/beman_dawes.html">Beman Dawes</a></p>
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i-checksum="38582" endspan --></p>
<p>Original author: <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens
Maurer</a><br>
Updates: <a href="../people/beman_dawes.html">Beman Dawes</a></p>
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