ensurepip has no --break-system-packages option
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
$ python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
error: externally-managed-environment
...
You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
$ python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade --break-system-packages
python -m ensurepip: error: unrecognized arguments: --break-system-package
So it needs the --break-system-packages option or the error message should not tell me to use it.
CPython versions tested on:
3.12
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
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Research direction
Start at the python -m ensurepip entry point and inspect how its command-line arguments and externally managed environment error are handled. Find the existing ensurepip tests, then verify that --break-system-packages is accepted and that the reported guidance is consistent with the supported option.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100