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`pip install --upgrade python` tries to install CPython-2.5

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pip should produce an intelligible error message if someone tries to install/upgrade python using pip. It might be useful for people familiar with RVM but new to pip/virtualenv. A link to something like pythonz would be nice.

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  • State:closed
  • Created 11 years ago
  • Comments:27 (14 by maintainers)

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chrahuntcommented, Oct 17, 2019

Given the discussion of a possibly legitimate python package and the several opinions provided by maintainers above, I think we can probably close this here with no pip action. Any objections?

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cykerwaycommented, Jul 15, 2018

Just another example of someone trying to install/upgrade python via pip:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51344760/can-i-pip-install-python3-6/51344785

I think that python package better be removed from pypi or filtered by pip. It currently shows up in pip search python. But if you try to install it, it says could not find a version that satisfies ….

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