Re: [boost] Getting Started Testing with Linux virtual machine on Windows host

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 06:36:24PM +0400, Andrey Semashev wrote:

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Beman Dawes wrote:

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On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Cox, Michael wrote:

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Recommend changing:

sudo mv b2 /usr/bin

to

sudo mv b2 /usr/local/bin

Done. Works as expected. Thanks.

Since I'm not very knowledgeable about Linux or other POSIX-like systems, I tend to make really stupid mistakes. Anyone should raise a red flag if they spot something that doesn't seem right.

Please, please don't recommend putting anything into /usr/bin. See my reply to Michael.

A major red flag I see is: you're messing with global machine state even if you work with /usr/local. I'd recommend that you avoid touching anything outside of the user unless you really need to. The less persistent state you end up with after testing a build, the less cruft will build up in the machine over time. The last thing you want is stray files from a previous test or unrelated test kicking in and tricking you. If you run your tests from a user, you can trivially make another one or recreate it if you suspect you've tainted it. With global state, you pretty much have to re-provision the whole machine. -- Lars Viklund | zao@acc.umu.se