pip install of previous version is now broken

Somehow older version(s) of az are now broken for pip install:

$ python3 -m venv venv
$ . ./venv/bin/activate
$ pip install azure-cli 2.0.23
...
$ az --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.6.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.6.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/private/tmp/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/__main__.py", line 9, in <module>
    import azure.cli.main
  File "/private/tmp/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/main.py", line 9, in <module>
    from azure.cli.core import configure_logging, get_az_logger
ImportError: cannot import name 'configure_logging'

Perhaps something in az core wasn’t pinned to an explicit version, so we’re pulling in a new, incompatible one accidentally?

This makes coming up with a workaround for #5218 difficult.

[derekbekoe]

pip install azure-cli==2.0.23 would still pull down the latest of everything else as all the command modules are separate packages.

You should be able to install like this:

pip install -r https://gist.githubusercontent.com/derekbekoe/4e60d38f6243ab60cff41ad269cbf0ba/raw/aa7caf587892cc08d6ca3cb7cb85f7dc4b798cfa/azure-cli-2.0.23.txt

That worked for me.

This is how I created the requirements file if you’re wondering:

docker run -it azuresdk/azure-cli-python:2.0.23
pip freeze > requirements.txt

[derekbekoe]

Yeah pip install azure-cli works best for the ‘latest’ CLI version. The requirements.txt may be a solution for you if you still want to install with pip.