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<h1 class="title">Running Boost Regression Tests</h1>
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@@ -274,14 +40,14 @@ my_boost_regressions/
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<ul>
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<li><p class="first">To start a regression run, simply run <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">regression.py</span></tt> providing it with the only
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required option, runner id (something unique of your choice that will identify your
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-results in the reports <a class="footnote-reference" href="#runnerid" id="id2" name="id2"><sup>1</sup></a>). For example:</p>
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+results in the reports <a class="footnote-reference" href="#runnerid1" id="id2" name="id2"><sup>1</sup></a>, <a class="footnote-reference" href="#runnerid2" id="id3" name="id3"><sup>2</sup></a>). For example:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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python regression.py --runner=Metacomm
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</pre>
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<p>You can specify a particular set of toolsets you want to test with by passing them as
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a comma-separated list using the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">--toolsets</span></tt> option:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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-python regression.py --runner=Metacomm --toolsets=gcc,vc7
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+python regression.py --runner=Metacomm <strong>--toolsets=gcc,vc7</strong>
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</pre>
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<p>If you are interested in seeing all available options, run <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">regression.py</span></tt>
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or <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">regression.py</span> <span class="pre">--help</span></tt>.</p>
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In the rare cases when it doesn't, you can explicitly specify the proxy server
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parameters through the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">--proxy</span></tt> option, e.g.:</p>
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-python regression.py --runner=Metacomm --proxy=http://www.someproxy.com:3128
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+python regression.py --runner=Metacomm <strong>--proxy=http://www.someproxy.com:3128</strong>
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</pre>
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</li>
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-<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="runnerid" rules="none">
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+<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="runnerid1" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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-<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2" name="runnerid">[1]</a></td><td>If you are running regressions interlacingly with a different
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+<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2" name="runnerid1">[1]</a></td><td>If you are running regressions interlacingly with a different
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set of compilers (e.g. for Intel in the morning and GCC at the end of the day), you need
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to provide a <em>different</em> runner id for each of these runs, e.g. <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">your_name-intel</span></tt>, and
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<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">your_name-gcc</span></tt>.</td></tr>
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</table>
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+<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="runnerid2" rules="none">
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+<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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+<tbody valign="top">
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+<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id3" name="runnerid2">[2]</a></td><td>The limitations of the reports' format/medium impose a direct dependency
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+between the number of compilers you are testing with and the amount of space available
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+for your runner id. If you are running regressions for a single compiler, please make
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+sure to choose a short enough id that does not significantly disturb the reports' picture.</td></tr>
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+</tbody>
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+</table>
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<h2><a name="details">Details</a></h2>
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merge all submitted test runs and publish them at
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<a class="reference" href="http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/developer">http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/developer</a>.</p>
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+<div class="section" id="advanced-use">
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+<h2><a name="advanced-use">Advanced use</a></h2>
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+<div class="section" id="incremental-runs">
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+<h3><a name="incremental-runs">Incremental runs</a></h3>
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+<p>You can run <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">regression.py</span></tt> in <em>incremental mode</em> <a class="footnote-reference" href="#incremental" id="id4" name="id4"><sup>3</sup></a> by simply passing
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+it an identically named command line flag:</p>
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+<pre class="literal-block">
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+python regression.py --runner=Metacomm <strong>--incremental</strong>
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+</pre>
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+</div>
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+<div class="section" id="message-dialogs-access-violations">
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+<h3><a name="message-dialogs-access-violations">Message dialogs/access violations</a></h3>
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+<p>TODO</p>
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+</div>
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+<div class="section" id="getting-source-from-cvs">
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+<h3><a name="getting-source-from-cvs">Getting source from CVS</a></h3>
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+<p>TODO</p>
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+<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="incremental" rules="none">
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+<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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+<tbody valign="top">
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+<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id4" name="incremental">[3]</a></td><td>By default the script runs in what is known as <em>full run mode</em>: on
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+each script invocation all the files that were left in place by the previous run
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+-- in particular, binaries for successfully built tests and libraries -- are
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+deleted, and rebuilt once again from scratch. By contrast, in <em>incremental run</em>
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+mode the already existing binaries are left intact, and only tests and libraries
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+which source files has changed since the previous run are re-built and re-tested.</td></tr>
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