Re: pybuild: where to put --test-pytest?

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>]

Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> writes:
> [Nikolaus Rath, 2014-03-14]
>> It seems that pybuild tries to find the tests in some temporary
>> directory:
>> 
>> $ debuild -us -uc
>> [....]
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `ROOT/python-dugong-2.1'
>>    dh_auto_test -O--buildsystem=pybuild
>> I: pybuild base:170: cd ROOT/python-dugong-2.1/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_3.4/build; python3.4 -m pytest 
>> ============================= test session starts ==============================
>> platform linux -- Python 3.4.0 -- pytest-2.5.1
>> collected 0 items
>> [...]
>> 
>> This is presumably because the tests are in ROOT/test, not in
>> ROOT/python-dugong-2.1/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_3.4/build. The latter seems to
>> contain only the dugong module itself.
>> 
>> Who/what is responsible for copying the tests in this directory? 
>
> how about instead of copying these files, pointing pytest to them?

I was assuming that there's some rationale for pybuild looking for the
tests in this directory. If they have to be copied there manually, or if
pybuild has to be told to look for them elsewhere, then why look for
them in this weird location in the first place?

It seems to me I'm missing something here.. maybe the right question to
ask is: in what situation would I *not* need to copy the files manually
or modify PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS?


Thanks,
Nikolaus

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