Hi Philippe (2023.02.13_01:11:28_+0000) > On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 7:31 PM Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote: > > > > I'm pretty sure that most if not all debian packages already ship > > the required information for pip to see them as installed, and if > > they are installed and they satisfy the dependency constraints that > > pip has for those projects, then they'll be used.
Yeah, most packages should ship .egg-info/.dist-info. > Also: > $ dpkg -l python3-setuptools > ... > ii python3-setuptools 66.1.1-1 all Python3 Distutils > Enhancements > > Yet when I do e.g.: > $ pip install --editable . > Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable > Obtaining file:///home/test/example > Installing build dependencies ... error > error: subprocess-exited-with-error You sure it isn't doing an isolated build? Try --no-build-isolation. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272
