
On 10/9/18 4:58 PM, Andrey Semashev via Boost wrote:
in reference to the check-target-builds rule. Plenty of libraries use the feature during testing and I imagine that some of them may use the feature during building. Asking individual libraries to convert their tests or build to use some CMake equivalent, for every possible setting in config and predef which they use, is not realistic. I understand that CMake may have an equivalent technique, but who is going to program that technique to offer all the equivalents which config and predef currently offer ?
At this point I have no idea what it might take for a CMake fulfill such a requirement. But of course that's not relevant at this point. So this would be another suggested requirement: "Build and Test should be able to adjust target requirements according to the test results of boost/config - similar to how boost build does today." Again, This is noted. I'll take it under advismment when I craft the first cut of the "scope and requirements" proposal. Robert Ramey