msg in pytest.exit(msg) doesn't get printed when called in pytest hook

[BeyondEvil]

OSX 10.10.4
pytest version 2.8.2
Python 2.7.6

In Conftest.py

import pytest
def pytest_configure(config):
    if condition not met:
        pytest.exit("oh noes")

pytest exits silently w/o printing 'msg' ("oh noes") regardless of any -s, -v, -q or -rx flags.

[markshao]

I can reproduce this in my environment , looks like the code in pytest_configure function is not executed .