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pip follows symlinks in site-packages when installing/uninstalling #2

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takluyver opened this issue Mar 16, 2015 · 1 comment
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pip follows symlinks in site-packages when installing/uninstalling #2

takluyver opened this issue Mar 16, 2015 · 1 comment

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If you symlink a directory into site-packages and then pip uninstall, you'll delete all the files in there. If you pip install over it, you'll rewrite the files in it.
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Fixed in pypa/pip#2552

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