Jira (PUP-6405) Pip package provider runs every time when updating setuptools

[Samuel Krieg (JIRA)]

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Samuel Krieg commented on PUP-6405   Re: Pip package provider runs every time when updating setuptools The original goal of `pip freeze` is to provide a list of dependencies when a Python developer builds his package; that is the reason it skips 'pip', 'setuptools', 'distribute' and 'wheel' (documented here). I think 'pip list' is a bad idea since the output is not formally defined. The workaround I use is this one: exec { 'install-setuptools': command => 'pip install -q setuptools', unless => 'pip freeze --all | /bin/grep ^setuptools==', path => '/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin', } This workaround will obviously break with older version of pip and does unfortunately not take care of Package['setuptools']. I had a look at the pip source code and I got very confused: The pip (changelog) states that the "--all" option has been aded in pip 8.0.3 but Git shows the commit has been merged in pip-8.1.0. (I cloned their repo and did `git tag -l --contains 2956a3e`). I think Puppet should be able handle all packages including the core packages. I'm thinking about writing a patch to allow "pip freeze --all" when the pip version is greater than 8.1.0. Can someone with autority confirm this is a good idea? Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.