test doesn't build

[smashra]

I'm getting this error:

make test
....
...
libtool: compile: g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME="yuma123" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="yuma123" -DPACKAGE_VERSION="2.14" "-DPACKAGE_STRING="yuma123 2.14"" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="[email protected]" -DPACKAGE_URL="" -DPACKAGE="yuma123" -DVERSION="2.14" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=".libs/" -I. -DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK -std=c++0x -I /usr/include/libxml2 -I ../../netconf -I ../../netconf/src/yangcli/ -I../../netconf/src/agt -I../../netconf/src/mgr -I../../netconf/src/ncx -I../../netconf/src/platform -I../../netconf/src/ydump -g -O0 -MT ../../netconf/test/support/msg-util/libyumatest_la-NCMessageBuilder.lo -MD -MP -MF ../../netconf/test/support/msg-util/.deps/libyumatest_la-NCMessageBuilder.Tpo -c ../../netconf/test/support/msg-util/NCMessageBuilder.cpp -fPIC -DPIC -o ../../netconf/test/support/msg-util/.libs/libyumatest_la-NCMessageBuilder.o
In file included from ../../netconf/src/ncx/xml_util.h:85,
from ../../netconf/test/support/msg-util/NCMessageBuilder.cpp:7:
../../netconf/src/ncx/xmlns.h:80:11: error: ‘xmlChar’ does not name a type
80 | const xmlChar *name;
| ^~~~~~~
../../netconf/src/ncx/xmlns.h:86:5: error: ‘xmlChar’ does not name a type
86 | xmlChar *ns_pfix;
| ^~~~~~~
../../netconf/src/ncx/xmlns.h:87:5: error: ‘xmlChar’ does not name a type
87 | xmlChar *ns_name;
| ^~~~~~~
../../netconf/src/ncx/xmlns.h:88:5: error: ‘xmlChar’ does not name a type
88 | xmlChar *ns_module;
| ^~~~~~~
../../netconf/src/ncx/xmlns.h:97:5: error: ‘xmlChar’ does not name a type
97 | xmlChar *nm_pfix;
| ^~~~~~~
../../netconf/src/ncx/xmlns.h:157:30: error: ‘xmlChar’ does not name a type
157 | xmlns_register_ns (const xmlChar *ns,
| ^~~~~~~
../../netconf/src/ncx/xmlns.h:158:16: error: ‘xmlChar’ does not name a type

libxml-2.0 is found by pkg-config. I even hardcoded the path but still it gives error.
#/usr/bin/pkg-config --cflags-only-I libxml-2.0

-I/usr/include/libxml2

[vlvassilev]

The libboost-test based framework is the legacy test system which manages the testcases in test/integ-tests and test/sys-tests. The majority of testcases that are actively used are under test/netconfd and test/yangcli and do not use libboost-test.

That said I looked into the compilation issues and fixed some caused by changes in the libxml2 compilation flags and paths: 02203ea

However the current state still fails with some libboost specific issues. e.g.
libyumatest.so: undefined reference to typeinfo for boost::unit_test::output::plain_report_formatter'`

For now I leave this issue open.

[smashra]

Thanks a lot for replying back.
I was able to get test/ compiling after a bit of struggle.
You have confirmed my understanding of where test/ stands right now.