TST: Skip test if matplotlib too old

astropy · Mar 13, 2020 · 0e639ba · 0e639ba
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commit 0e639ba
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/astropy/visualization/wcsaxes/tests/test_misc.py b/astropy/visualization/wcsaxes/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -449,10 +449,13 @@ def test_time_wcs(time_spectral_wcs_2d):
     plt.subplot(projection=time_spectral_wcs_2d)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif('MATPLOTLIB_LT_21')
 @ignore_matplotlibrc
 def test_simplify_labels_usetex(tmpdir):
     """Regression test for https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/8004."""
+    # pytest.mark.skipif() did not work as expected, so we do this here.
+    if MATPLOTLIB_LT_21 or not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True):
+        pytest.skip('Incompatible with old matplotlib or TeX is not available')
+
     plt.rc('text', usetex=True)
 
     header = {
@@ -480,7 +483,4 @@ def test_simplify_labels_usetex(tmpdir):
     ax.coords[1].set_ticks(spacing=30 * u.deg)
     ax.grid()
 
-    if not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True):
-        pytest.skip('TeX is not available')
-
     fig.savefig(tmpdir / 'plot.png')