[Distutils] pip behavior

Robert Collins robertc at robertcollins.net
Mon Jun 27 19:57:53 EDT 2016


Its almost certainly the version of pip within each environment.

-Rob

On 27 June 2016 at 23:45, Steve Spicklemire <steve at spvi.com> wrote:
> Hi Distutils-SIG Folks,
>
> If this is not the best place for a ‘pip’ question, please direct me to a better destination.
>
> I have several virtual environments. As far as I know they should all be about the same WRT the python binary that was used to create them (home-brew python2.7.11/OSX). However they have different behavior WRT pip install. I’m trying to track down the cues that pip uses to choose a binary wheel, or a source/build install. I’ve been using ‘pip -v’ to get some hints, but it’s still not clear. I’ve saved two log files that illustrate the issue:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20562746/pydev_pip_log.txt
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20562746/pytest_pip_log.txt
>
> So my question is: How can I determine why pip is choosing ‘wheel’ in some cases and ‘source’ in others when I have the same python build in both cases?
>
> thanks!
> -steve
>
>
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