Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #6025: BOOST_REQUIRE(false) causes core dump under Cygwin

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neil.steiner@… — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:08:15 GMT

attachment → boost_require_cygwin_error.cpp

Sample code demonstrating the error

neil.steiner@… — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:05:02 GMT

With the help of some preprocessing, I was able to determine that the core dump occurs in line 372 of boost/test/impl/test_tools.ipp, when execution_aborted() is thrown. Isn't there supposed to be something in the test framework that catches these exceptions, aborts the current test, and continues executing any remaining tests?

Gennadiy Rozental — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:36:34 GMT

I cannot reproduce this. What compiler are you using with cygwin? What command line are you using?

neil.steiner@… — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:06:39 GMT

The compiler (installed directly with Cygwin setup, not compiled from source) is: gcc (GCC) 4.5.3

The command line is: gcc -o boost_require boost_require_cygwin_error.cpp -I/usr/include/boost -L/usr/lib/boost -lboost_unit_test_framework -lstdc++

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Gennadiy Rozental — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:13:38 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → worksforme

I was able to reproduce it with your command line, the only problem is that gcc is C compiler - not C++. switch to g++-4 and it works fine.

neil.steiner@… — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:35:39 GMT

Thank you. Based on your comment, I found out that if I pass '-shared-libgcc' to gcc, the code runs correctly.