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Re: python-pip is broken after updates
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Dmitry Alexandrov |
Subject: |
Re: python-pip is broken after updates |
Date: |
Tue, 26 May 2020 04:00:47 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 01:34:18AM +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote:
>> address@hidden wrote:
>>> protonvpn installs own client written on python3 requiring pip3. It works
>>> fine after installation under root.
>>> Could you … make some advices?
>>
>> Guix aside, I definitely could advise you to stop using obscure ad-hoc
>> software, that has to be run with superuser rights, when itʼs not necessary.
>> And in your case itʼs not.
>
> This is certainly not useful advice.
I have another experience. Quite a few people found an idea, that many
services can be easily (in fact, sometimes even _easier_) be used without
installing any ad-hoc branded software, new to them. (Welcome to 2020. ;-).
> It's not up to you to determine which software is appropriate and acceptable
> for another user to run.
How have your thought shifted from from ‘advise’ to ‘determine’, I wonder?
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