venv can't figure out that it's isolated
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
I installed python3.13 on my Macbook Pro M1 using Homebrew.
I create venv, activate it and trying to install package. But I'm getting this error:
ERROR: Can not perform a '--user' install. User site-packages are not visible in this virtualenv.
I figured out that I can force pip to think that it's isolated. I just added following line in venv/bin/pip3:
#...
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.argv.append("--isolated") # i added this line
It worked.
I don't know exactly where is problem: in pip or in venv. But in latest pip version there is the same error, so maybe it's not pip, idk. Or maybe I did something wrong, or maybe homebrew package is broken, idk.
As I remember, in python3.12 that I also installed using Homebrew there was no such error, everything worked out of box perfectly.
CPython versions tested on:
3.13
Operating systems tested on:
macOS
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported macOS Homebrew Python 3.13 setup with a virtual environment and a package installation, then inspect the generated venv/bin/pip3 entry point and the interaction between --user and --isolated. Determine whether the behavior belongs to venv or pip; done means the responsible component is identified and the regression or expected behavior is covered by an appropriate test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100