Uncovered files not reported when using gcov 4.7

[markwil]

gcovr 3.1 does not include uncovered files in its report when used in conjunction with gcov 4.7.2 (on Ubuntu 12.10).

From examination, it seems the issue might stem from gcov 4.7.2 not producing .gcov files for source files that do not have corresponding .gcda files.

Separately invoking gcov on an uncovered source file produces output indicating that no .gcov file is generated. E.g.:
gcov src/Foo.cpp --branch-counts --branch-probabilities --preserve-paths --object-directory build/src
produces output containing:

File 'src/Foo.cpp'
No executable lines
No branches
No calls
Removing 'src#Foo.cpp.gcov'

Where Foo.cpp is not exercised by test code.

[schlauch]

I can confirm this issue. I have tried this with:

• gcov 4.6.0 => Works. gcov file is created.
• gcov 4.8.0 => No gcov file created.
• gcov 4.8.1 => No gcov file created.
• gcov 4.8.2 => No gcov file created.

This is a serious problem to me becuase it is not so easy to workaround it. But maybe it is more related to gcc/gcov:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35568

Possible workaround ideas (not just for gcovr):

• Parse gcno file => not so easy
• Create empty gcda file => not so easy as it needs to have the right format
• Force to include all header files into the test executable to make sure that the gcda files are created => not clean but might be ok
• Create empty coverage information about those from gcovr => we completely miss the related lines of code
• Make sure to have a test for every file of your production code ;)

[whart222]

It isn't clear that there is a gcovr issue to be resolved here. I don't anticipate creating empty gcda files within gcovr, which seems the only gcovr-centric solution to the inconsistent support of gcov for uncovered files.

I'm closing this, but please reopen if you have a specific request for gcovr functionality.

[itavero]

Did anyone manage to work around this?
I'm still running into this issue.

gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) 4.8.2
gcov (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) 4.8.2
gcovr 3.2

[schlauch]

From the options listed above, I selected "Force to include all header files into the test executable":

• Basically, we have a test executable for every module (simply a sub-directory).
• We make sure that all headers of this module are included.
• Thus, we are able to see all files in the report.