[Product-Developers] Re: ImportErrors while testing using testrunner

[Kees Hink]

Using {instance:eggs} worked for me ({buildout:eggs} didn't).

Thanks!

Maurits van Rees wrote:
> Kees Hink, on 2010-02-11:
>> I'm trying to get zc.recipe.testrunner to test a specific package,
>> but i get ImportError for "deferredimport" and "app.testing"
>> (http://pastie.org/819976).
>>
>> Clearly, some dependencies are missing, but should i add these
>> dependencies of zc.recipe.testrunner manually? Is something wrong
>> with my buildout (Plone 4.0a4 buildout)? Or should i add extra info
>> in the [test] section?
>>
>> Excerpts from my buildout-dvl.cfg:
>> [test]
>> recipe = zc.recipe.testrunner
>> eggs =
>>     contentratings
>>
>> [buildout]
>> extensions = mr.developer
>> ...
>> auto-checkout =
>>     plone.contentratings
>>     contentratings
>>
>> [sources]
>> https://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/collective.examples.userdata/trunk/
>> plone.contentratings = svn
>> https://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/plone.contentratings/trunk/
>> contentratings = svn https://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/contentratings/trunk/
>>
>> (contentratings is a dependency of plone.contentratings)
> 
> See tests.cfg in the Plone 4 core buildout:
> http://svn.plone.org/svn/plone/buildouts/plone-coredev/branches/4.0/tests.cfg
> 
> I think you need to specify all the eggs:
> 
> [test]
> recipe = zc.recipe.testrunner
> eggs =
>     ${buildout:eggs}
> # Or perhaps:
> #    ${instance:eggs}
>     contentratings
> 
> 
> And as an aside, what I have noticed is that if for example
> contentratings specifies in its setup.py a dependency on package foo,
> and this is not specifically listed in the buildout/instance eggs, and
> you want to run the tests for foo with 'bin/test -s foo' then you need
> to add foo to the list of eggs in [test] as well.
>