I am having exactly the same problem is Ubuntu 17.10. Apparently it happens when network connectivity is poor and pip attempts to retry download and some Debian/Ubuntu patch in pip mess up the retry logic. https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/3943 https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4779 https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4847
** Bug watch added: github.com/pypa/pip/issues #3943 https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/3943 ** Bug watch added: github.com/pypa/pip/issues #4779 https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4779 ** Bug watch added: github.com/pypa/pip/issues #4847 https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4847 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1586859 Title: urllib3/util/retry.py broke on passing invalid type To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/1586859/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
