pipx installed pipx python points to exact path of interpretter
mattsb42-aws opened this issue · 1 comments
When pipipxx
is pip install
ed, the pipx
installed pipx
install python
symlink points to the exact filepath of the interpretter used when pip install
is called.
This causes problems because this file might not exist when the python used pip install pipipxx
is updated.
ex:
ls -l `which python3`
/usr/bin/python3 -> /..path..to..brew..stuff../3.7.3/bin/python
The python
symlink in the pipx
installed pipx
environment points to the exact 3.7.3
brew installed python. This then breaks when brew updates python and removes the old files.
Instead, pipipxx
should use the path of the file called with pip install
rather than the path of the file executed.
Another option here would be to use symlinks=False
when creating the venv, and just let it copy the interpreter instead of linking it. That would make the pipx
install more independent and robust.
If I go this route, I will need to determine the right approach for upgrading that runtime (maybe just pix uninstall pipx && pip install pipipxx
?)