Allow equivalent distutils and sysconfig locations

pypa · Apr 24, 2021 · c4649ae · c4649ae
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diff --git a/news/9839.bugfix.rst b/news/9839.bugfix.rst
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+Fix compatibility between distutils and sysconfig when the returned location is a symbolic link.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/locations/__init__.py b/src/pip/_internal/locations/__init__.py
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+import contextlib
 import logging
 import pathlib
 import sys
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ def _default_base(*, user: bool) -> str:
 def _warn_if_mismatch(old: pathlib.Path, new: pathlib.Path, *, key: str) -> bool:
     if old == new:
         return False
+    with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
+        if old.samefile(new):
+            return False
     issue_url = "https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9617"
     message = (
         "Value for %s does not match. Please report this to <%s>"
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