From f6698e60eb7df9074c24e5bbe7cee958d6600f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marko Mecina <marko.mecina@univie.ac.at>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 17:53:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] override denied userspace installation of packages with
Python>=3.11
---
Makefile | 5 +++--
README | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5003806..46c2404 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ python-requirements:
@echo "+-----------------------------+"
@echo "| installing Python modules |"
@echo "+-----------------------------+"
- if [ -z $VIRTUAL_ENV ]; then pip install --user -U -r $(CURDIR)/requirements.txt; else pip install -U -r $(CURDIR)/requirements.txt; fi
+ if [ -z $(VIRTUAL_ENV) ]; then pip install --user --break-system-packages -U -r $(CURDIR)/requirements.txt; else pip install -U -r $(CURDIR)/requirements.txt; fi
@echo "+-----------------------------+"
@echo "| installed Python modules |"
@echo "+-----------------------------+"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ confignator:
@echo "| installing confignator Python package |"
@echo "+---------------------------------------+"
$(MAKE) build -C $(CURDIR)/Tst/confignator
- if [ -z $VIRTUAL_ENV ]; then pip install --user -U --force-reinstall $(CURDIR)/Tst/confignator/dist/*.whl; else pip install -U --force-reinstall $(CURDIR)/Tst/confignator/dist/*.whl; fi
+ if [ -z $(VIRTUAL_ENV) ]; then pip install --user --break-system-packages -U --force-reinstall $(CURDIR)/Tst/confignator/dist/*.whl; else pip install -U --force-reinstall $(CURDIR)/Tst/confignator/dist/*.whl; fi
$(MAKE) build-doc -C $(CURDIR)/Tst/confignator
@echo "+--------------------------------------+"
@echo "| installed confignator Python package |"
@@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ set-start-scripts-permissions:
@echo "| setting permissions for the start scripts (execute) |"
@echo "+-----------------------------------------------------+"
$(MAKE) all -C $(CURDIR)/Tst/
+
diff --git a/README b/README
index 35acd00..6536d14 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ This file documents the required steps to get the UVIE EGSE software up and runn
'make python-requirements' in the CCS base directory or use 'pip install [--user] -r requirements.txt'.
If using a venv, it must have been created using the --system-site-packages option.
For more details, see requirements.txt
+ Since Python 3.11, pip --user installs of packages are denied by default to avoid conflicts with
+ system-managed packages - the recommended solution is to use a venv. Alternatively, installing in
+ local userspace is still possible by passing the --break-system-packages flag.
# INSTALLATION
--
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