From faf149bfaf33db7cd47d06cc8d8e546b52fb9371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Mutch <smutch@unimelb.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:33:14 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] :tv: attempt to fix python 3.8 errors in CI

---
 tests/conftest.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 84f4f37..fc1d315 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def rootdir():
-    if sphinx.version_info[0] < 7:
+    if sphinx.version_info[0] < 7 or sys.version_info < (3, 9):
         return sphinx.testing.path.path(__file__).parent.abspath() / 'roots'
     return (Path(__file__).parent / 'roots').resolve()