These are to be expected since pexpect apparently doesn't support them: SKIP [9] /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-2.3.5/work/pytest-2.3.5-python3_1/lib/_pytest/pytester.py:528: could not import 'pexpec ' SKIP [9] /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-2.3.5/work/pytest-2.3.5-python3_2/lib/_pytest/pytester.py:528: could not import 'pexpec ' But these imply a hidden test dependency: SKIP [10] /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-2.3.5/work/pytest-2.3.5-python2_5/lib/_pytest/pytester.py:528: could not import 'pexpect' SKIP [10] /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-2.3.5/work/pytest-2.3.5-python2_6/lib/_pytest/pytester.py:528: could not import 'pexpect' SKIP [10] /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-2.3.5/work/pytest-2.3.5-python2_7/lib/_pytest/pytester.py:528: could not import 'pexpect'
Fixed in pytest-2.4.2.