[Python-modules-team] Bug#830892: python-pip defaults to --user, breaks upstream --target option

[Ross Vandegrift]

Package: python-pip
Version: 9.0.1-2
Followup-For: Bug #830892

I've tested anatoly's patch, and it seems to work well.  I can once
again use --target without --system.

The --system workaround is not very good, since it breaks on other
platforms.  This prevents us from having cross-platform scripts that use
--target.

Please consider applying, even though upstream is working to make --user
the default.

Thanks,
Ross

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Foreign Architectures: i386

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