[TIP] weird coverage problems with subprocesses - one back, both still to go :-(

[Ned Batchelder]

On 5/28/15 5:00 AM, Chris Withers wrote:
> On 28/05/2015 09:05, Chris Withers wrote:
>> On 28/05/2015 07:47, Chris Withers wrote:
>>> When running the tests with nose locally, I get lots of:
>>>
>>> nosetests --with-cov --cov=picky
>>>
>>> 'picky.handlers',
>>>   'ERROR',
>>>   'pip gave errors: Error processing line 1 of 
>>> /Users/chris/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/init_cov_core.pth:\n\n 
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):\n    File 
>>> "/Users/chris/anaconda/envs/picky27/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 
>>> 161, in addpackage\n      exec line\n    File "<string>", line 1, in 
>>> <module>\n  ImportError: No module named cov_core_init\n\nRemainder 
>>> of file ignored\n'),
>> Well, my guess is this had to do with cov-core being installed in the 
>> root conda rather than a conda environment.
>> I've uninstalled and manually deleted the file; the problem is I have 
>> a feeling that I manually deleted that file before and it came back :-S
>
> yep, I created a new conda environment, installed coverage using the 
> pip from the new environment, and hey presto, the file is back. Why is 
> coverage (cov-core?) picking 
> /Users/chris/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/init_cov_core.pth to 
> put this path rather than somewhere inside the conda environment?
This sounds like a complicated configuration.  Any chance you can 
provide detailed reproduction instructions?

--Ned.
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>