Questions about running the tests

[ZakMat-PC]

When I tried to test, I saw a bunch of FileNotFoundError messages—mostly in tests like tests/test_filters.py and tests/test_images.py. The sample PDFs and images they need aren’t in sample-files/ or tests/pdf_cache/, so those tests fail. I tried to test, which uses tmp_path, everything’s working. Basically, the missing sample files make some tests fail, (86 failed), but the other 1013 tests that don’t rely on those files all passed. I just wanted to share this for context.

[stefan6419846]

Thanks for the report. With sample-files missing, it seems like you did not follow our docs on how to test pypdf, as this either requires a recursive Git checkout or disabling the corresponding marker. I guess the missing other files are related to this as well.

You can find the current docs at https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/dev/testing.html#deselecting-groups-of-tests If following these instructions does not resolve your issues, please provide more details.

[ZakMat-PC]

Thanks for pointing that out — that really helped clarify things.