[BUG] There was an error checking the latest version of pip

[J8923]

setuptools version

62.3.2

Python version

Python 3.8.10

OS

Windows 10

Additional environment information

No response

Description

Update the pip 22.1.1 and setuptools 62.3.2

Expected behavior

No warning message

How to Reproduce

1. Setup python-3.8.10.exe
2. Update setuptools 62.3.2
3. Update pip 22.1.1
4. python -m pip list
5. Show "WARNING: There was an error checking the latest version of pip"

Output

D:\python -m pip list
Package Version

---

nidaqmx 0.6.2
numpy 1.22.4
pip 22.1.1
PyAudio 0.2.11
pyserial 3.5
PyVISA 1.11.3
pywin32 304
pywinusb 0.4.2
scipy 1.8.0
setuptools 62.3.2
six 1.16.0
typing_extensions 4.2.0
wheel 0.37.1
WARNING: There was an error checking the latest version of pip.

[CanDursun]

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
Worked for pip 22.1 to 22.1.1

[abravalheri]

Hi @J8923, thank you very much for reporting this. I have a few doubts, maybe you have an answer for some of them?

• Does this work for earlier versions of setuptools?
• If you invert the order and update setuptools after updating pip, does the error persist?
• If you only update pip and not setuptools, does the error persist?

[Ngumi22]

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
worked on mine

[Humphrey2004]

Worked

[domdfcoding]

The cause of the warning is a bug in pip. It should be fixed by #11136

[dekoma4u]

python -m pip install --upgrade pip worked on mine

This eliminated the problem for me. Amazing.
Thanks buddy

[abravalheri]

Hi @J8923, I tried to replicate the problem, however I cannot simply install different versions of Python in the Windows machine I have available, so I resorted to using a Windows container.

The following script show the sequence of commands I have used trying to replicate the error you reported:

> docker run --rm -it -u ContainerAdministrator mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:lts-nanoserver-1809
# Windows containers require a Windows host correctly configured.
# The container tag version (e.g. 1809) depends on the version of the host and may require changes,
# please check https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/version-compatibility



netsh interface ip add dnsservers name="Ethernet" address=8.8.8.8 index=4
# A DNS is required for downloading content from the internet.
# Please make sure `name` matches the correct adapter (a list can be found using `ipconfig /all`).

Register-PackageSource -Name nuget.org -ProviderName NuGet -Location "https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" -Trusted
Install-Package python -MinimumVersion 3.8.10 -MaximumVersion 3.8.10
$env:Path += ";" + (Join-Path (Split-Path (Get-Package python | % source)) "tools") + ";"

python -m pip list
# No 'error checking the latest version of pip' warning

python -m pip install -U 'setuptools==62.3.2'
python -m pip list
# No 'error checking the latest version of pip' warning

python -m pip install -U 'pip==22.1.1'
python -m pip list
# No 'error checking the latest version of pip' warning

The error does not seems to show up.
Also based on the previous reports (thank you Dominic and CanDursun), it seems that this is not a bug in setuptools, so I am inclined to close this issue soon.
Please let me know if you have a different reproducer that unequivocally associates the problem with setuptools. You can create a modified version of my script above, for example.

[Acture]

The error does not seems to show up. Also based on the previous reports (thank you Dominic and CanDursun), it seems that this is not a bug in setuptools, so I am inclined to close this issue soon. Please let me know if you have a different reproducer that unequivocally associates the problem with setuptools. You can create a modified version of my script above, for example.

Hi @abravalheri , I've also encountered this issue a few weeks ago after installing a requirement.txt. I'm not sure if this issue was caused by that directly, and unfortunately, I didn't keep a copy of that. But perhaps you can try some requirement texts.

[pradyunsg]

I'm moving this to pip's issue tracker, since that's where it belongs.

[pradyunsg]

And, closing since #11136 has been merged, which fixes this.

[fdrandolfi-meli]

In my case
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

[pradyunsg]

This is fixed in pip 21.1.2.

21.1 and 21.1.1 are both affected by this bug.

[app4g]

➜ iOS Projects: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
Requirement already satisfied: pip in /Users/app4g/.pyenv/versions/3.9.1/lib/python3.9/site-packages (21.0.1)
Collecting pip
Downloading pip-22.1.2-py3-none-any.whl (2.1 MB)
|████████████████████████████████| 2.1 MB 141 kB/s
Installing collected packages: pip
Attempting uninstall: pip
Found existing installation: pip 21.0.1
Uninstalling pip-21.0.1:
Successfully uninstalled pip-21.0.1
Successfully installed pip-22.1.2
➜ iOS Projects: pip index
WARNING: pip index is currently an experimental command. It may be removed/changed in a future release without prior warning.
ERROR: Need an action (versions) to perform.
WARNING: There was an error checking the latest version of pip.

What am I doing wrong?