hopefully final fix for strange infinite recursion bug

_pytest/capture.py

@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ class EncodedFile(object):
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         if hasattr(self, "buffer"):
             return getattr(self.buffer, name)
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError("attribute buffer of %r not set" % self)
 
 
 class MultiCapture(object):

_pytest/main.py

@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ class HookProxy:
         self.config = config
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if not hasattr(self, "config"):
+            raise AttributeError("attribute config of %r not set" % self)
         hookmethod = getattr(self.config.hook, name)
 
         def call_matching_hooks(**kwargs):