Test package with dev-ed dependency

nsajko
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:13:32 +0000
General Usage

Package P depends on package D. I want to run the test suite of package P with a specific version of package D in the manifest. To be specific, I have D dev-ed, I want the dev-ed variant to be loaded for the test suite.

Specifically, P is CliqueTrees.jl, whose test suite I want to run with the main branch of FixedSizeArrays.jl, which is D.

However when I run the Pkg.jl test command, it says:

(@v1.12) pkg> test CliqueTrees
     Testing CliqueTrees
        Test Could not use exact versions of packages in manifest. Re-resolving dependencies

Then it proceeds to run the test suite with a released version of FixedSizeArrays.jl, which is not what I want.

This is what happens when I run test while not allowing re-resolving:

julia> using Pkg: test

julia> test("CliqueTrees"; allow_reresolve = false)
     Testing CliqueTrees
ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package DataStructures [864edb3b]:
 DataStructures [864edb3b] log:
 ├─possible versions are: 0.9.0 - 0.19.3 or uninstalled
 ├─restricted to versions 0.19.3 by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.19.3
 └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Catlab [134e5e36] to versions: 0.17.0 - 0.18.22 — no versions left
   └─Catlab [134e5e36] log:
     ├─possible versions are: 0.2.1 - 0.17.4 or uninstalled
     ├─restricted to versions * by project [25071fe8], leaving only versions: 0.2.1 - 0.17.4
     │ └─project [25071fe8] log:
     │   ├─possible versions are: 0.0.0 or uninstalled
     │   └─project [25071fe8] is fixed to version 0.0.0
     └─restricted by compatibility requirements with CliqueTrees [60701a23] to versions: 0.16.0 - 0.17.4 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.16.0 - 0.17.4
       └─CliqueTrees [60701a23] log:
         ├─possible versions are: 0.2.0 - 1.13.1 or uninstalled
         └─restricted to versions 1.13.1 by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 1.13.1

How to run the CliqueTrees.jl test suite with loaded desired version of FixedSizeArrays.jl?

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