python-poetry / python-poetry/poetry

Canceling poetry update leaves you with poetry not callable.

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Description

$ poetry self update
Updating to 1.0.3
 - Downloading poetry-1.0.3-linux.tar.gz 2%^C

$ poetry self update
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.poetry/bin/poetry", line 12, in <module>
    from poetry.console import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'poetry'
  • I am on the latest Poetry version.
  • I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.
  • If an exception occurs when executing a command, I executed it again in debug mode (-vvv option).
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  • Link of a Gist with the contents of your pyproject.toml file:

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure with the poetry self update command, then inspect the self-update entry point and how cancellation replaces the installed Poetry files. Done means interrupting an update no longer leaves the poetry command unable to import its package.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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