#20700: Tests does not report missing fixtures
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Reporter: vzima | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Testing framework | Version: 1.5
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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If a test contains fixtures, which do not exists, it does not report it as
as failure. This is serious problem as fixtures are part of the test and
their absence may cause false-positive success.
Consider this example:
{{{
#!python
from django.test import TestCase
class TestFoo(TestCase):
fixtures = ('/invalid/filename', ) # Assume the fixture should load
FooModel(pk=1)
def test_foo_delete(self):
delete_if_foo_exists(pk=1)
self.assertFalse(FooModel.objects.filter(pk=1).exists())
}}}
Such a test would pass even if the `delete_if_foo_exists` does nothing.
This test is a very simple example, but ignoring the fact that fixtures
are not loaded, can easily hide less obvious and more severe errors. Mere
typo in fixture name can very well lead to a serious error.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/20700>
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