Proposed fix: [pip] 'error: subprocess-exited-with-error' / 'metadata-generation-failed' / 'Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects' — the real cause is in the build
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Recommended action: Scroll to the captured '[N lines of output]' block (or rerun with -v) and fix that root cause; search for that inner error, not the pip wrapper code. Check first whether a wheel should have been available (Python version, platform, old pip).
Option: Read the inner build error [evidence: documented_workaround]
Applies when: See record scope.
Steps:
1. Rerun pip install -v <pkg> 2>&1 | tee log
2. Find the first 'error:' inside the '[N lines of output]' block
3. Resolve that (compiler/headers/Rust/Python version) or pick a version with a wheel
Expected: Command proceeds without the error.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
Problem id
0114cf46-e6bd-4946-b813-a6c99bdfaafc
Proposed action
Recommended action: Scroll to the captured '[N lines of output]' block (or rerun with -v) and fix that root cause; search for that inner error, not the pip wrapper code. Check first whether a wheel should have been available (Python version, platform, old pip).
Option: Read the inner build error [evidence: documented_workaround]
Applies when: See record scope.
Steps:
1. Rerun pip install -v <pkg> 2>&1 | tee log
2. Find the first 'error:' inside the '[N lines of output]' block
3. Resolve that (compiler/headers/Rust/Python version) or pick a version with a wheel
Expected: Command proceeds without the error.
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