To work around an issue in pytest, run tests from empty temp dir

Create empty temporary directory to run "pytest" command from to
work-around an issue in pytest accessing files/directories it may
not have access to during test collection.

pytest-dev/pytest#11904

.github/workflows/conda-package.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: dpctl
   MODULE_NAME: dpctl
+  TEST_ENV_NAME: test_dpctl
   VER_SCRIPT1: "import json; f = open('ver.json', 'r'); j = json.load(f); f.close(); "
   VER_SCRIPT2: "d = j['dpctl'][0]; print('='.join((d[s] for s in ('version', 'build'))))"
 
@@ -176,13 +177,13 @@ jobs:
           export CHANNELS="-c $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }}"
           export TEST_DEPENDENCIES="pytest pytest-cov cython"
           export PACKAGE_VERSION=$(python -c "${VER_SCRIPT1} ${VER_SCRIPT2}")
-          conda create -n test_dpctl $PACKAGE_NAME=${PACKAGE_VERSION} ${TEST_DEPENDENCIES} python=${{ matrix.python }} ${CHANNELS}
+          conda create -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} $PACKAGE_NAME=${PACKAGE_VERSION} ${TEST_DEPENDENCIES} python=${{ matrix.python }} ${CHANNELS}
           # Test installed packages
-          conda list -n test_dpctl
+          conda list -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
       - name: Smoke test
         run: |
           . $CONDA/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-          conda activate test_dpctl
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           python -c "import dpctl; dpctl.lsplatform(verbosity=2)"
       - name: Install gdb
         run: |
@@ -191,14 +192,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run test_elementwise under gdb
         run: |
           . $CONDA/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-          conda activate test_dpctl
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           gdb --batch -ex r -ex 'info sharedlibrary' -ex 'set print elements 1000' -ex bt --args ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/python -m pytest -q -ra --disable-warnings --pyargs dpctl.tests.elementwise.test_trigonometric::test_trig_order -vv || true
+      - name: Create test temp dir
+        # create temporary empty folder to runs tests from
+        # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/11904
+        run: mkdir -p ${GITHUB_WORSPACE}/test_tmp
       - name: Run tests
+        working-directory: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/test_tmp
         env:
           SYCL_CACHE_PERSISTENT: 1
         run: |
           . $CONDA/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-          conda activate test_dpctl
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           python -m pytest -v --pyargs $MODULE_NAME
 
   test_windows:
@@ -227,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: true
           conda-build-version: '*'
           miniconda-version: 'latest'
-          activate-environment: dpctl_test
+          activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - name: Create conda channel with the artifact bit
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
@@ -257,7 +263,7 @@ jobs:
           FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`python -c "%SCRIPT%"`) DO (
              SET PACKAGE_VERSION=%%F
           )
-          conda install -n dpctl_test ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% python=${{ matrix.python }} -c ${{ env.workdir }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }} --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
+          conda install -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% python=${{ matrix.python }} -c ${{ env.workdir }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }} --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
       - name: Display lockfile content
         shell: pwsh
         run: Get-Content -Path .\lockfile
@@ -287,13 +293,13 @@ jobs:
              SET PACKAGE_VERSION=%%F
           )
           SET "TEST_DEPENDENCIES=pytest pytest-cov cython"
-          conda install -n dpctl_test ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% %TEST_DEPENDENCIES% python=${{ matrix.python }} -c ${{ env.workdir }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }}
+          conda install -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% %TEST_DEPENDENCIES% python=${{ matrix.python }} -c ${{ env.workdir }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }}
       - name: Report content of test environment
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         run: |
           echo "Value of CONDA enviroment variable was: " %CONDA%
           echo "Value of CONDA_PREFIX enviroment variable was: " %CONDA_PREFIX%
-          conda info && conda list -n dpctl_test
+          conda info && conda list -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
       - name: Configure Intel OpenCL CPU RT
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
@@ -305,17 +311,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Smoke test, step 1
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         run: >-
-          conda activate dpctl_test && python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)"
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} && python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)"
       - name: Smoke test, step 2
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         run: >-
-          conda activate dpctl_test && python -m dpctl -f
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} && python -m dpctl -f
+      - name: Create empty temporary directory to run tests from
+        shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
+        # create temporary empty folder to runs tests from
+        # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/11904
+        run: mkdir "%GITHUB_WORKSPACE%\test_tmp"
       - name: Run tests
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         env:
           SYCL_CACHE_PERSISTENT: 1
+        working-directory: ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\test_tmp
         run: >-
-          conda activate dpctl_test && python -m pytest -v -s --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }}
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} && python -m pytest -v -s --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }}
 
   upload_linux:
     needs: test_linux