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Module already imported warning

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When I run my tests using pytest==3.0.6 and pytest-cov==2.4.0, I see the following warning:

======================= pytest-warning summary ======================
WP1 None Module already imported so can not be re-written: pytest_cov
============ 1 passed, 1 pytest-warnings in 0.09 seconds ============

which unfortunately causes pytest to return a non-zero exit code and make the test suite as failing.

I don’t see this warning with pytest==2.9.2.

If it helps, I found a similar issue reported in another library: https://github.com/philpep/testinfra/issues/125

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Created 7 years ago
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2reactions

blueyedcommented, Sep 21, 2018

Found a workaround: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/pull/228

2reactions

ucyocommented, Jul 5, 2017

I’m getting the same error, if I use pytest-xdist and the --looponfail option

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