> > By default pybuild runs tests I think using the source tree. pybuild tells build system to build .py/.so files in temporary directory (with a _stable_ name), copies tests dir there as well, changes current directory to that dir (so that sys.path[0] doesn't point to sources), runs tests and removes them (so that install target doesn't pick them up)
> In most cases, Pybuild isn't very helpful for running tests and fails in > the most common traps (like the one I'm solving for you below), which is > why I don't really think it's useful at all. YMMV... file bugs please. Works fine for me. > > However I have a package where the tests require the entry points from > > setup.py to be configured, the tests fail without this. > > Most of the time, you get by this doing: > PYTHONPATH=$(CURDIR) python -m pytest tests this will test python2.7 only and will most probably ignore extensions, etc. -- Piotr Ożarowski Debian GNU/Linux Developer www.ozarowski.pl www.griffith.cc www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: 1D2F A898 58DA AF62 1786 2DF7 AEF6 F1A2 A745 7645
