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| author | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2014-01-20 10:14:40 -0800 |
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| committer | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2014-01-20 10:14:40 -0800 |
| commit | cd10571261ad24dcd0dc63c9703289faccd841a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5994b0a095af99749e05ee936f8932af9a86ff40 /docs/contributing.rst | |
| parent | 580e992dc0d95618d3e667e471dd1d6a7eb6e323 (diff) | |
| parent | ad4f646e685beb38e597bab83ea8e8314a3fd581 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #468 from reaperhulk/backend-flag-pytest
Add backend flag for pytest runs
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diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst index 8e32c368..4bb1461d 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.rst +++ b/docs/contributing.rst @@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ each supported Python version and run the tests. For example: You may not have all the required Python versions installed, in which case you will see one or more ``InterpreterNotFound`` errors. + +Explicit Backend Selection +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +While testing you may want to run tests against a subset of the backends that +cryptography supports. Explicit backend selection can be done via the +``--backend`` flag. This flag should be passed to ``py.test`` with a comma +delimited list of backend names. To use it with ``tox`` you must pass it as +``tox -- --backend=openssl``. + Building Documentation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |