pythonpath and python_path seem to not work with command-line -o/--override-ini

[oriolcx]

I am having some trouble using python_path in the command line.

I am using

Python 3.10.6
pytest 7.3.1

I made an example case:

example
├── MyClass.py
└── app
    └── test_pytest.py

# MyClass.py
class MyClass:
    pass

# test_pytest.py
import MyClass

If inside ~/example/app I run

pytest -o python_path=../

I get the error

ImportError while importing test module '/home/ocanela/pytest/package/test_pytest.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
../../anaconda3/envs/py310/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py:126: in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
test_pytest.py:1: in <module>
    import MyClass
E   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MyClass'

Same result if I use pythonpath instead of python_path. However, if I create the file

# pytest.ini
[pytest]
pythonpath=../

inside ~/example/app, it seems to run without problems.

Not sure if that is me doing something wrong, or that is a bug related to #9636

I hope that makes sense, and thanks for any help.