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@@ -241,12 +241,15 @@
shell environment in order to make the virtualenv work reliably.
On Python 3, we use the venv module, which is part of the standard library.
+But some Linux distros strip out this module's functionality involving pip,
+so we have to look for the ensurepip module, which these distros strip out
+completely.
On Python 2, we use the 3rd party virtualenv module, if available.
$ cd $TESTTMP
$ unset PYTHONPATH
-#if py3
+#if py3 ensurepip
$ "$PYTHON" -m venv installenv >> pip.log
Note: we use this weird path to run pip and hg to avoid platform differences,
@@ -829,6 +829,17 @@
return os.path.exists('/dev/full')
+@check("ensurepip", "ensurepip module")
+def has_ensurepip():
+ try:
+ import ensurepip
+
+ ensurepip.bootstrap
+ return True
+ except ImportError:
+ return False
+
+
@check("virtualenv", "Python virtualenv support")
def has_virtualenv():
try: