From: 宋文武 <iyzsong@envs.net>
To: edk@beaver-labs.com
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Guix's python has pip's user dir in its loadpath
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:22:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877crma7qe.fsf@envs.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87edmey1wg.fsf@rdklein.fr> (edk@beaver-labs.com's message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:42:56 +0200")
edk@beaver-labs.com writes:
> Dear Guix devs,
>
> While working around this bug:
>
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/63912
>
> I found that guix's Python will load anything in
> .local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ over any installed package in the
> current profile. This makes pip-installed package overshadow guix's.
>
> I'm not sure this is desirable behavior. What I was expecting was for
> the host system's python packages to be completely ignored.
Hello, I think this is a well-known issue according to PEP 668:
https://peps.python.org/pep-0668/
The suggested solution is to introduce a `EXTERNALLY-MANAGED` file to
disable the useage of `pip install`, and advice `guix shell` or `venv`.
Similiar to ArchLinux: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/python/-/commit/547eee4deb54fda2a3892997145b57de37301c5d
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-29 10:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-14 6:42 Guix's python has pip's user dir in its loadpath edk
2023-06-29 10:22 ` 宋文武 [this message]
2023-07-01 3:13 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-07-01 11:32 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-01 15:57 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-07-05 20:29 ` John Kehayias
2023-07-06 15:35 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-07-06 21:28 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-07 13:32 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-07-07 14:44 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-08 5:08 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-07-11 18:21 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
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