Gregory's Server@simon What was the specific problem? I honestly don't remember the last time I had a PATH problem, but I'm sure I have a blind spot here.
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 @simon @brettcannon also it's hard to describe the common new-user failure mode, which is "something doesn't work, or it behaves weirdly with tool X, so I install tool Y because maybe that one works". X, Y, Z, A, B C all append a little bit of stuff to your ~/.zshrc or whatever, scattering $PATH configurations into a bunch of different locations that make every IDE and terminal function differently, and even if it's all eminently comprehensible, unwinding is a tedious nightmare @simon So I take it you don't run pytest via `python -m pytest` but instead via `pytest`?  @brettcannon huh... that's the case, but now you mention it there's no reason I shouldn't start a habit of using "python -m pytest" instead @dabeaz @brettcannon I've upgraded all of my cookiecutter templates to use "python -m pytest" instead of just "pytest" now: https://github.com/simonw/python-lib/issues/9  @simon @dabeaz @brettcannon Python‘s. venv is like Marvel‘s Multiverse. No one ever is positively surprised by any of it.💁🏻♂️ |
@brettcannon for the problem I just had it was that thing where I create a brand new pipenv environment and install pytest into it, but when I run pytest it runs a globally installed binary instead - I had to quit out of and re-enter the environment to get the environment-local pytest to run (which could then see my dependencies)
It reminded me how much knowing what a PATH is matters for figuring out errors like that