Skip failing pgf test when sfmath.sty is not present.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 9b45f55f212b · 2019-10-28T21:51:10.000+01:00
For the use of kpsewhich, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/248305/checking-installed-packages (we already use kpsewhich elsewhere in the codebase too).
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ def check_for(texsystem):
                                     reason='lualatex + pgf is required')
 
 
+def _has_sfmath():
+    return (shutil.which("kpsewhich")
+            and subprocess.run(["kpsewhich", "sfmath.sty"],
+                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE).returncode == 0)
+
+
 def compare_figure(fname, savefig_kwargs={}, tol=0):
     actual = os.path.join(result_dir, fname)
     plt.savefig(actual, **savefig_kwargs)
@@ -113,6 +119,7 @@ def test_pdflatex():
 # test updating the rc parameters for each figure
 @needs_xelatex
 @needs_pdflatex
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not _has_sfmath(), reason='needs sfmath.sty')
 @pytest.mark.style('default')
 @pytest.mark.backend('pgf')
 def test_rcupdate():
