my library is being built for some reason?

[AlJohri]

Issue description

I have a library called lib with a setup.py:

from setuptools import setup

setup(
    name='lib',
    packages=['lib'])

My Pipfile has this library listed as editable:

[[source]]
url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true
name = "pypi"

[packages]
jupyter = "*"
requests = "*"
numpy = "*"
elasticsearch = "*"
"requests-aws4auth" = "*"
"boto3" = "*"
arrow = "*"
elasticsearch-dsl = ">=6.0.0,<7.0.0"
"html2text" = "*"
requests-cache = "*"
lib = {editable = true, path = "."}
plotly = "*"
scipy = "*"

[dev-packages]
pylint = "*"

[requires]
python_version = "3.7"

For some reason, the lib gets built complete with a dist and build folder? Even though its an editable package? Why is this happening?

Expected result

I expect not build or dist folder to be created.

Actual result

Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock (539eef)…
running install▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉ 65/66 — 00:00:01
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing lib.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to lib.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to lib.egg-info/top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'lib.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'lib.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg
running install_lib
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
creating build/lib/lib
copying lib/textrazor.py -> build/lib/lib
copying lib/story.py -> build/lib/lib
copying lib/content_api.py -> build/lib/lib
copying lib/__init__.py -> build/lib/lib
copying lib/utils.py -> build/lib/lib
copying lib/meaningcloud.py -> build/lib/lib
copying lib/aylien.py -> build/lib/lib
creating build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64
creating build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg
creating build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
copying build/lib/lib/textrazor.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
copying build/lib/lib/story.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
copying build/lib/lib/content_api.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
copying build/lib/lib/__init__.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
copying build/lib/lib/utils.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
copying build/lib/lib/meaningcloud.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
copying build/lib/lib/aylien.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib
byte-compiling build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib/textrazor.py to textrazor.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib/story.py to story.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib/content_api.py to content_api.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib/__init__.py to __init__.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib/utils.py to utils.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib/meaningcloud.py to meaningcloud.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/lib/aylien.py to aylien.cpython-37.pyc
creating build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying lib.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying lib.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying lib.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying lib.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
creating dist
creating 'dist/lib-0.0.0-py3.7.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing lib-0.0.0-py3.7.egg
Copying lib-0.0.0-py3.7.egg to /Users/johria/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7/site-packages
Adding lib 0.0.0 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /Users/johria/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lib-0.0.0-py3.7.egg
Processing dependencies for lib==0.0.0
Finished processing dependencies for lib==0.0.0
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To activate this project's virtualenv, run pipenv shell.
Alternatively, run a command inside the virtualenv with pipenv run.

Steps to replicate

Provide the steps to replicate (which usually at least includes the commands and the Pipfile).

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$ pipenv --support

Pipenv version: '2018.10.13'

Pipenv location: '/Users/johria/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pipenv'

Python location: '/Users/johria/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/bin/python3.7'

Python installations found:

Error %s while executing command %s name 'WindowsError' is not defined /usr/local/bin/pythonz -c import sys; print(sys.version.split()[0])

[techalchemy]

Editable dependencies are built to determine their dependencies — this is not new or exclusive to pipenv. We can remove the folders though.

The other issue is already reported and a fix is in progress. Sorry for the trouble.

[AlJohri]

@techalchemy got it, yeah, I think deleting the extra folders would be great

[techalchemy]

hm we should actually be building this in a tempdir, can you try pip install -e git+https://github.com/pypa/pipenv.git@update-vendor#egg=pipenv and see if this still happens?