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diff --git a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst index 874d277d8..c20b6fe40 100644 --- a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst +++ b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst @@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ Using ``runtests.py`` is the recommended approach to running tests. There are also a number of alternatives to it, for example in-place build or installing to a virtualenv. See the FAQ below for details. +.. note:: + + Some of the tests in the test suite require a large amount of + memory, and are skipped if your system does not have enough. + + To override the automatic detection of available memory, set the + environment variable ``NPY_AVAILABLE_MEM``, for example + ``NPY_AVAILABLE_MEM=32GB``, or using pytest ``--available-memory=32GB`` + target option. + Building in-place ----------------- |