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--profile-svg doesn't output an error if graphviz is not installed
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Description
When graphviz is not installed and pytest is called with --profile-svg, the following line is output at the end of the pytest logs:
SVG profile in /home/..../myproj/prof/combined.svg.
But this file doesn't exist. After installing graphviz the svg exists. Please output an error when the dot command was not found.
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Start by tracing the pytest --profile-svg option and the point where the dot command is invoked. Reproduce the case without Graphviz installed, then verify that the missing command produces an error instead of reporting a generated SVG. No specific files or tests are named in the issue.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- testing-qa
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- Bug
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