Description: Allow tests to use the data files in the source tree

We don't ship these in the package,
but do want to run the tests that use them

Author: Rebecca N. Palmer <rebecca_palmer@zoho.com>
Forwarded: not-needed

--- a/pandas/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/conftest.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from datetime import date, time, timedel
 from decimal import Decimal
 import operator
 import os
+import argparse
 
 from dateutil.tz import tzlocal, tzutc
 import hypothesis
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         action="store_true",
         help="Fail if a test is skipped for missing data file.",
     )
+    parser.addoption("--deb-data-root-dir",action="store",help=argparse.SUPPRESS)#for internal use of the Debian CI infrastructure, may change without warning.  Security note: test_pickle can run arbitrary code from this directory
 
 
 def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
@@ -785,7 +787,7 @@ def strict_data_files(pytestconfig):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def datapath(strict_data_files):
+def datapath(strict_data_files,pytestconfig):
     """
     Get the path to a data file.
 
@@ -803,7 +805,9 @@ def datapath(strict_data_files):
     ValueError
         If the path doesn't exist and the --strict-data-files option is set.
     """
-    BASE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "tests")
+    BASE_PATH = pytestconfig.getoption("--deb-data-root-dir",default=None)
+    if BASE_PATH is None:
+        BASE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "tests")
 
     def deco(*args):
         path = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, *args)
--- a/pandas/tests/util/test_util.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/util/test_util.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def test_datapath_missing(datapath):
         datapath("not_a_file")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="--deb-data-root-dir intentionally breaks this",strict=False)
 def test_datapath(datapath):
     args = ("io", "data", "csv", "iris.csv")