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From: bdawes_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-11-23 17:55:49
Author: bemandawes
Date: 2007-11-23 17:55:48 EST (Fri, 23 Nov 2007)
New Revision: 41319
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/41319
Log:
Add the instructions formerly in the (now deleted) runner sub-directory
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@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   reports.</p>
 
   <ul>
+    <li>Instructions for running the regression 
+    tests</li>
     <li>process_jam_log.cpp -
     Processes the bjam outputs, creating a file named test_log.xml for each
     test encountered.</li>
@@ -49,4 +51,4 @@
   copy at <a href=
   "http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</p>
 </body>
-</html>
+</html>
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+<html>
+
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
+<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
+<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
+<title>Running Boost Regression Tests</title>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../doc/html/minimal.css">
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="831">
+  <tr>
+    <td width="277">
+<a href="../../../../index.htm">
+<img src="../../../boost.png" alt="boost.png (6897 bytes)" align="middle" width="277" height="86" border="0"></a></td>
+    <td width="531" align="middle">
+    <font size="7">Running Boost Regression Tests</font>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+<h2>Requirements</h2>
+<ul>
+  <li>Python 2.3 or later.<br>
+ </li>
+  <li>Subversion 1.4 or later.<br>
+ </li>
+  <li>At least 5 gigabytes of disk space per compiler to be tested.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Step by step instructions</h2>
+<ol>
+  <li>Create a new directory for the branch you want to test.<br>
+ </li>
+  <li>Download the
+  <a href="http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/tools/regression/src/run.py">
+  run.py</a> script into that directory.<br>
+ </li>
+  <li>Run "<code>python run.py [options] [commands]</code>".</li>
+</ol>
+<dl>
+  <dd>
+  <pre>commands: cleanup, collect-logs, get-source, get-tools, patch,
+regression, setup, show-revision, test, test-clean, test-process,
+test-run, update-source, upload-logs
+
+options:
+   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+   --runner=RUNNER       runner ID (e.g. 'Metacomm')
+   --comment=COMMENT     an HTML comment file to be inserted in the
+                         reports
+   --tag=TAG             the tag for the results
+   --toolsets=TOOLSETS   comma-separated list of toolsets to test with
+   --incremental         do incremental run (do not remove previous
+                         binaries)
+   --timeout=TIMEOUT     specifies the timeout, in minutes, for a single
+                         test run/compilation
+   --bjam-options=BJAM_OPTIONS
+                         options to pass to the regression test
+   --bjam-toolset=BJAM_TOOLSET
+                         bootstrap toolset for 'bjam' executable
+   --pjl-toolset=PJL_TOOLSET
+                         bootstrap toolset for 'process_jam_log'
+                         executable
+   --platform=PLATFORM
+   --user=USER           Boost SVN user ID
+   --local=LOCAL         the name of the boost tarball
+   --force-update=FORCE_UPDATE
+                         do an SVN update (if applicable) instead of a
+                         clean checkout, even when performing a full run
+   --have-source=HAVE_SOURCE
+                         do neither a tarball download nor an SVN update;
+                         used primarily for testing script changes
+   --proxy=PROXY         HTTP proxy server address and port
+                         (e.g.'<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.someproxy.com:3128'" target="_top">http://www.someproxy.com:3128'</a>)
+   --ftp-proxy=FTP_PROXY
+                         FTP proxy server (e.g. 'ftpproxy')
+   --dart-server=DART_SERVER
+                         the dart server to send results to
+   --debug-level=DEBUG_LEVEL
+                         debugging level; controls the amount of
+                         debugging output printed
+   --send-bjam-log       send full bjam log of the regression run
+   --mail=MAIL           email address to send run notification to
+   --smtp-login=SMTP_LOGIN
+                         STMP server address/login information, in the
+                         following form:
+                         <user>:<password>@<host>[:<port>]
+   --skip-tests=SKIP_TESTS
+                         do not run bjam; used for testing script changes</pre>
+  </dd>
+</dl>
+<p>To test trunk use "<code>--tag=trunk</code>" (the default), and to test the 
+release use "<code>--tag=branches/release</code>". Or substitute any Boost tree 
+of your choice.</p>
+
+<hr>
+
+<p>© Copyright Rene Rivera, 2007<br>
+Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. See
+www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</p>
+
+<p>Revised 
+<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%B %d, %Y" startspan -->November 23, 2007<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39587" --> </font>
+</p>
+
+</body>
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