Merge pull request #123 from YannickJadoul/fix-issue-122

Running 'pip install --upgrade setuptools' with 'sudo' on macOS, fixing #122
pypa · Feb 3, 2019 · 56218d8 · 56218d8
2 parents c6f4f01 + d79ca07
commit 56218d8
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diff --git a/cibuildwheel/macos.py b/cibuildwheel/macos.py
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ def call(args, env=None, cwd=None, shell=False):
         # install pip & wheel
         call(['python', get_pip_script, '--no-setuptools', '--no-wheel'], env=env)
         call(['pip', '--version'], env=env)
-        call(['pip', 'install', '--upgrade', 'setuptools'], env=env)
+        # sudo required, because the removal of the old version of setuptools might cause problems with newer pip versions (see issue #122)
+        call(['sudo', 'pip', 'install', '--upgrade', 'setuptools'], env=env)
         call(['pip', 'install', 'wheel'], env=env)
         call(['pip', 'install', 'delocate'], env=env)