source: general/prog/python-modules/pytest.xml@ 3a001df8

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  <!ENTITY pytest-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY pytest-md5sum        "&pytest-md5sum;">
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  <!ENTITY pytest-buildsize     "8.2 MB (add 44 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY pytest-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (1.0 SBU for tests)">
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  <sect2 id="pytest" xreflabel="pytest-&pytest-version;">

    <title>Pytest-&pytest-version;</title>

    <indexterm zone="pytest">
      <primary sortas="a-pytest">pytest</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <sect3 role="package">
      <title>Introduction to Pytest Module</title>

      <para>
        The <application>Pytest</application> framework makes it easy to
        write small, readable tests, and can scale to support complex
        functional testing for applications and libraries.
      </para>

      &lfs113_checked;

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pytest-download-http;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pytest-download-ftp;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download MD5 sum: &pytest-md5sum;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download size: &pytest-size;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated disk space required: &pytest-buildsize;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated build time: &pytest-time;
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Pytest Dependencies</bridgehead>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
      <para role="required">
        <xref linkend="iniconfig"/>,
        <xref linkend="packaging"/>,
        <xref linkend="pluggy"/>, and
        <xref linkend="py"/>
      </para>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended</bridgehead>
      <para role="recommended">
        <xref linkend="setuptools_scm"/>
      </para>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional (for testing)</bridgehead>
      <para role="optional">
        <xref linkend="pygments"/>,
        <xref linkend="requests"/>,
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/argcomplete/">argcomplete</ulink>,
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/elementpath/">elementpath</ulink>,
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/hypothesis/">hypothesis</ulink>,
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/mock/">mock</ulink>,
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/nose/">nose</ulink>,
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/sortedcontainers/">sortedcontainers</ulink>, and
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/xmlschema/">xmlschema</ulink>
      </para>

    </sect3>

    <sect3 role="installation">
      <title>Installation of Pytest</title>

      <para> Build the module: </para>

<screen><userinput>pip3 wheel -w dist --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>pip3 install --no-index --find-links dist --no-cache-dir --no-user pytest</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        The installation can be tested with the following commands:
      </para>

<screen remap="test"><userinput>python3 -m venv --system-site-packages testenv &amp;&amp;
source testenv/bin/activate                    &amp;&amp;
pip3 install pytest[testing]                   &amp;&amp;
python3 /usr/bin/pytest<!-- no && because of a possible error -->
deactivate</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        A few tests (11 of 3429) are known to fail.  
      </para>
    </sect3>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../../xincludes/pip3-cmd-explain.xml"/>

    <sect3 role="content">
      <title>Contents</title>

      <segmentedlist>
        <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
        <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
        <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

        <seglistitem>
          <seg>
            pytest and py.test (different files but with same content)
          </seg>
          <seg>None</seg>
          <seg>
            /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/_pytest,
            /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/pytest, and
            /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/pytest-&pytest-version;.dist-info
          </seg>
        </seglistitem>
      </segmentedlist>

      <variablelist>
        <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
        <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
        <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

        <varlistentry id="pytest-prog">
          <term><command>pytest</command></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              sets up, manages, and/or runs test in python module source
              directories
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="pytest pytest-prog">
              <primary sortas="b-pytest-prog">pytest</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>

    </sect3>

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