Pipenv error unclear when attempting system install as non-root in docker

[AGeekInside]

I am attempting to install in a Docker container, and I was getting this error:

Step 6/10 : RUN pipenv install --system --deploy
Warning: --system is intended to be used for pre-existing Pipfile installation, not installation of specific packages. Aborting.
The command '/bin/sh -c pipenv install --system --deploy' returned a non-zero code: 1

The error message make think there was an issue with my Pipfile.lock. I rebuilt the lock file, and it did not help.

I was able to resolve the issue by changing my user to root and not attempting to do it in the root directoyr.

Please run $ python -m k.help, and paste the results here.

If you're on MacOS, just run the following:

$ python -m pipenv.help | pbcopy

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Expected result

I expected an error message to tell me that I did not have permissions or something to that effect.

I'd be happy to work on a pull request to help with this, if it is something that would be useful.

[techalchemy]

This error is known and already fixed in master -- will be releasaed shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience. Ref: #2301 #2181 #2178 #2183 #2091 #2219 #2273