Warning about system python in MacOS but correctly uses virtualenv

Environment data

VS Code version: 1.20.1 Python Extension version: 2018.1.0 Python Version: 3.5.4 and 2.7.10 OS and version: MacOS 10.13.3

Actual behavior

VSCode shows a warning: “Selected interpreter is macOS system python which is not recommended. Please select different interpreter” but the venv version (3.5.4) is correctly selected (see screenshot) and seems to be correctly used (the system version is 2.7.10).

Expected behavior

The warning shouldn’t be shown

Steps to reproduce:

• cd to the project folder
• activate the virtualenv
• code .

Logs

Output from Python output panel

##########Linting Output - flake8##########
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/flake8", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('flake8==3.5.0', 'console_scripts', 'flake8')()
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/flake8/3.5.0/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flake8/main/cli.py", line 16, in main
    app.run(argv)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/flake8/3.5.0/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flake8/main/application.py", line 396, in run
    self._run(argv)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/flake8/3.5.0/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flake8/main/application.py", line 383, in _run
    self.initialize(argv)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/flake8/3.5.0/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flake8/main/application.py", line 361, in initialize
    self.parse_preliminary_options_and_args(argv)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/flake8/3.5.0/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flake8/main/application.py", line 133, in parse_preliminary_options_and_args
    opts, args = self.option_manager.parse_known_args(args)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/flake8/3.5.0/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flake8/options/manager.py", line 307, in parse_known_args
    self.parser.largs.append(err.opt_str)
AttributeError: 'OptionValueError' object has no attribute 'opt_str'
##########Linting Output - pylint##########
No config file found, using default configuration
##########Linting Output - mypy##########

Output from Console window (Help->Developer Tools menu)

[MikhailArkhipov]

Yes, we are working on the fix. I just meant temp workaround.

[MikhailArkhipov]

If it is annoying you, you can set disableInstallationChecks to true in settings