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Default env created by the installer should have option to skip setuptools

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python
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Start by locating where the installer creates the environment in the installation script and review how it invokes virtualenv. Check whether the installer should always pass --no-setuptools or expose an option, then verify that the resulting Poetry installation environment is created without setuptools.

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          on reflection if you're talking specifically about the environment in which poetry is installed by the installer - you could try raising a feature request in https://github.com/python-poetry/install.python-poetry.org

it seems plausible that this environment doesn't need setuptools at all, maybe the installer should always pass the --no-setuptools flag to virtualenv at environment creation

Originally posted by @dimbleby in https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/8240#issuecomment-1652102279

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