Jira (PUP-1082) pip provider should handle multiple pips/pythons

[Joel (JIRA)]

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Joel commented on an issue   Re: pip provider should handle multiple pips/pythons This issue should have higher priority. The suggest PATH workaround is rarely a good idea. A very common scenario: A system has python 2.7.6 installed as system python. This package is built by the system designer (Redhat) and includes all dependencies needed to run the package management software (yum). This same system has python 2.7.8 installed in /usr/local/python. This python binary has all of the dependencies necessary to run import custom software (ie., the server's reason for existence. What path do you pass to puppet to have puppet use /usr/local/python/bin/pip and still have puppet invoke "yum" with system python 2.7.6? Answer: there is no such PATH. This should be a priority issue. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1082 pip provider should handle multiple pips/pythons The Pip provider should provide a way to specify the path to pip. This would allow people to manage multiple python installs, by point to the one they want to install into. In RHEL, this makes it easy to have a non-system python installed somewhere (ie: 2.7 or 3.x) and let puppet manage the python packages. This is related to bug #15980. (relate... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.