test: no need to group tests by needs_pth

nedbat · nedbat · commit d5e7c3ad0d55 · 2025-12-05T06:10:19.000-05:00
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ strict = true
 # "virtualenv_test": because of an expensive session-scoped fixture
 # "compare_test": Because of shared-file manipulations (~/tests/actual/testing)
 # "get_zip_bytes_test": no idea why this one fails if run on separate workers
-# "needs_pth": tests that create .pth files in shared locations
 
 # How come these warnings are suppressed successfully here, but not in conftest.py??
 filterwarnings = [
diff --git a/tests/test_oddball.py b/tests/test_oddball.py
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ def test_unsets_trace() -> None:
         )
         assert expected == out
 
-    @pytest.mark.skipif(env.METACOV, reason="Can't set trace functions during meta-coverage")
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(env.METACOV, reason="Can't set trace functions during metacoverage")
     def test_atexit_gettrace(self) -> None:
         # This is not a test of coverage at all, but of our understanding
         # of this edge-case behavior in various Pythons.
diff --git a/tests/test_process.py b/tests/test_process.py
@@ -1372,7 +1372,6 @@ def test_removing_directory_with_error(self) -> None:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(env.METACOV, reason="Can't test subprocess pth file during metacoverage")
-@pytest.mark.xdist_group(name="needs_pth")
 class ProcessStartupTest(CoverageTest):
     """Test that we can measure coverage in subprocesses."""
 
@@ -1594,7 +1593,6 @@ def test_subprocess_dir_with_source(self) -> None:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(env.WINDOWS, reason="patch=execv isn't supported on Windows")
-@pytest.mark.xdist_group(name="needs_pth")
 class ExecvTest(CoverageTest):
     """Test that we can measure coverage in subprocesses."""
 
@@ -1689,7 +1687,6 @@ class ProcessStartupWithSourceTest(CoverageTest):
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("dashm", ["-m", ""])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("package", ["pkg", ""])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("source", ["main", "sub"])
-    @pytest.mark.xdist_group(name="needs_pth")
     def test_pth_and_source_work_together(
         self,
         dashm: str,

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ def test_unsets_trace() -> None:`
`616`	`616`	`)`
`617`	`617`	`assert expected == out`
`618`	`618`
`619`		`- @pytest.mark.skipif(env.METACOV, reason="Can't set trace functions during meta-coverage")`
	`619`	`+ @pytest.mark.skipif(env.METACOV, reason="Can't set trace functions during metacoverage")`
`620`	`620`	`def test_atexit_gettrace(self) -> None:`
`621`	`621`	`# This is not a test of coverage at all, but of our understanding`
`622`	`622`	`# of this edge-case behavior in various Pythons.`