pip show shows wrong package location when project is installed as editable · Issue #11638 · pypa/pip (original) (raw)

Description

When installing a python package in editable mode (-e), the expected location to show in pip show is the editable location. Instead, it shows the site-packages path.

Expected behavior

The location should be:

Instead I'm getting:

/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/package

pip version

23.0

Python version

3.11

OS

macOS Ventura 13.1 Beta (22C5044e)

How to Reproduce

Install a python package as folllows:

python3 -m pip install -e /path/to/package

Now, try to show the package's location as follows:

python3 -m pip show package

Output

No response

Code of Conduct