[New-bugs-announce] [issue38927] venv --upgrade_deps fails on Windows

[Tzu-ping Chung]

New submission from Tzu-ping Chung <uranusjr at gmail.com>:

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4acdbf11b1fae1af24c47413a6caa593010d1b6f

EnvBuilder.upgrade_dependencies() uses `pip.exe install -U` to upgrade pip, which fails on Windows with `[WinError 5] Access is denied`.

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components: Library (Lib), Windows
messages: 357562
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, uranusjr, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: venv --upgrade_deps fails on Windows
versions: Python 3.9

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