pytest alias in setup.cfg not working

[dkirkby]

I followed the instructions here and this works:

python setup.py pytest

but this does not invoke pytest:

python setup.py test

My setup.cfg contains only these two lines:

[aliases]
test=pytest

My environment is:

% python --version
Python 2.7.12 :: Anaconda 2.3.0 (x86_64)
% uname - a
Darwin dk-2.local 15.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Thu Sep  1 15:01:16 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.60.11~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

at first glance this is an issue with setuptools/conda, not pytest

[dkirkby]

The underlying problem may be with setuptools/conda, but there is also an issue with the pytest documentation if it provides instructions that do not work with a mainstream distribution (anaconda).

[dkirkby]

I had another look and realized that my setup.cfg was not in the package top-level dir. After fixing this, python setup.py test works as advertised. Sorry for the noise.