I found the right place to report the bug and it's already been reported: https://bugs.python.org/issue24875
Sorry for the spam... On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 1:30:46 PM UTC-8, Thomas Nyberg wrote: > > I'm unclear if issues relating to the python3 venv module should be > reported here. If not, please direct me somewhere else so I can spam them > instead. :) > > This seems to be related to this (though whatever fix is mentioned there > isn't available): > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/python-virtualenv/site-packages$20does$20not$20install$20pip|sort:relevance/python-virtualenv/oLm21KXY5TI/sFnS_JGDT1kJ > > The issue can be replicated as follows. Download and compile a fresh > python 3.6 installation and make sure it's on your path. Next if you run > the following command > > $ python3 -m venv venv > > tt will add symlinks to pip and pip3 in your virtual environment. > > If you run this command > > $ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages venv > > It will _not_ symlink pip and pip3. As a result, in the second case you > cannot install packages using pip3 when your environment is activated (it > attempts to install them in the base distribution). You can always still > use pip to install in your virtual environment this way though: `python -m > pip install blah`. > > It's kind of annoying and can be very confusing. Also the fact that both > debian and Ubuntu ship the `python3-pip` and `python3-venv` packages > separately means that if you don't have `python3-pip` installed, then the > problem disappears (i.e. the pip/pip3 files are symlinked even when > --system-site-packages is passed). However if you install `python3-pip` the > problem comes back. > > Is this the intended behavior? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "virtualenv" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python-virtualenv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to python-virtualenv@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/python-virtualenv. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
