From d31bbb737a4443d41592225651b05a3fdb27be8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kenneth Benzie (Benie)" <benie@infektor.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 11:23:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make it so pip install --user still works

Debian has enabled `EXTERNALLY-MANAGED` from PEP 668 which breaks `pip
install --user`. I think this is a terrible decision, understandable to
want to avoid modifications in `/usr/lib/python*/site-packages` but to
have that stop be installing packages in my home directory is a big
mistake in terms of usability. In any case this patch sets the override
flag in `pip.conf` even though I'm never actually touching the real site
packages.
---
 pip.conf | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pip.conf b/pip.conf
index ae2efd7..dc08533 100644
--- a/pip.conf
+++ b/pip.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+[global]
+break-system-packages = true
+
 [list]
 format=columns