From 413c234459de94766c8c57f10d11ef1599ae6ac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 09:59:21 -0500
Subject: Monkeypatch the 'setuptools.__file__' attribute in test setup to be
 absolute. Workaround for #852.

---
 conftest.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'conftest.py')

diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index ec8ddd8b..0da92be9 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
+import os
+
+
 pytest_plugins = 'setuptools.tests.fixtures'
 
+
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption(
         "--package_name", action="append", default=[],
         help="list of package_name to pass to test functions",
     )
+
+
+def pytest_configure():
+    _issue_852_workaround()
+
+
+def _issue_852_workaround():
+    """
+    Patch 'setuptools.__file__' with an absolute path
+    for forward compatibility with Python 3.
+    Workaround for https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/852
+    """
+    setuptools = __import__('setuptools')
+    setuptools.__file__ = os.path.abspath(setuptools.__file__)
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