CI: start caproto IOC for the tests

Author: dmgav

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ jobs:
         ./start-save-and-restore.sh
         popd
 
+        export EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST=NO
+        export EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST=127.0.0.1
+        python -m caproto.ioc_examples.simple &
+
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         # pytest -k test_ip_kernel_func -vvv

pyproject.toml

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ dev = [
   "pytest-asyncio",
   "pre-commit",
   "ruff",
+  "caproto !=1.2.0",
+  "pyepics",
 ]
 docs = [
   "sphinx>=7.0",

tests/test_misc.py

@@ -100,3 +100,11 @@ async def testing():
                         await SR.login(username=username, password=password)
 
         asyncio.run(testing())
+
+
+
+def test_epics():
+    import epics
+    epics.caput("simple:A", 10)
+    v = epics.caget("simple:A")
+    assert v == 10