Remove another test relying on setup.py develop.

Author: jaraco

setuptools/tests/test_easy_install.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import time
 import warnings
 import zipfile
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import NamedTuple
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -1410,67 +1409,3 @@ def test_use_correct_python_version_string(tmpdir, tmpdir_cwd, monkeypatch):
     assert cmd.config_vars['py_version'] == '3.10.1'
     assert cmd.config_vars['py_version_short'] == '3.10'
     assert cmd.config_vars['py_version_nodot'] == '310'
-
-
-@pytest.mark.xfail(
-    sys.platform == "darwin",
-    reason="https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4716#issuecomment-2447624418",
-)
-def test_editable_user_and_build_isolation(setup_context, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    """`setup.py develop` should honor `--user` even under build isolation"""
-
-    # == Arrange ==
-    # Pretend that build isolation was enabled
-    # e.g pip sets the environment variable PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1
-    monkeypatch.setattr('site.ENABLE_USER_SITE', False)
-
-    # Patching $HOME for 2 reasons:
-    # 1. setuptools/command/easy_install.py:create_home_path
-    #    tries creating directories in $HOME.
-    #    Given::
-    #        self.config_vars['DESTDIRS'] = (
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10 "
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib "
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib/python3.9 "
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload")
-    #    `create_home_path` will::
-    #        makedirs(
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10 "
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib "
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib/python3.9 "
-    #            "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload")
-    #
-    # 2. We are going to force `site` to update site.USER_BASE and site.USER_SITE
-    #    To point inside our new home
-    monkeypatch.setenv('HOME', str(tmp_path / '.home'))
-    monkeypatch.setenv('USERPROFILE', str(tmp_path / '.home'))
-    monkeypatch.setenv('APPDATA', str(tmp_path / '.home'))
-    monkeypatch.setattr('site.USER_BASE', None)
-    monkeypatch.setattr('site.USER_SITE', None)
-    user_site = Path(site.getusersitepackages())
-    user_site.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    sys_prefix = tmp_path / '.sys_prefix'
-    sys_prefix.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    monkeypatch.setattr('sys.prefix', str(sys_prefix))
-
-    setup_script = (
-        "__import__('setuptools').setup(name='aproj', version=42, packages=[])\n"
-    )
-    (tmp_path / "setup.py").write_text(setup_script, encoding="utf-8")
-
-    # == Sanity check ==
-    assert list(sys_prefix.glob("*")) == []
-    assert list(user_site.glob("*")) == []
-
-    # == Act ==
-    run_setup('setup.py', ['develop', '--user'])
-
-    # == Assert ==
-    # Should not install to sys.prefix
-    assert list(sys_prefix.glob("*")) == []
-    # Should install to user site
-    installed = {f.name for f in user_site.glob("*")}
-    # sometimes easy-install.pth is created and sometimes not
-    installed = installed - {"easy-install.pth"}
-    assert installed == {'aproj.egg-link'}