pipenv with pixi (on Windows) -- ssl issue

[jamesmyatt]

I have been given a project that uses pipenv, and I'm developing on Windows, so I was wondering about using pixi to do installation of both pipenv as a global tool (like pipx) and the installation of Python for the virtual environment.

So far I have:

• pixi global install pipenv - Fine 👍
• pixi global install "python=3.8.3" -e python3-8-3 --with pip --expose python3-8-3=python - Seems fine 👍 Note pip is explicitly included
• pipenv install --python C:\...\.pixi\env\python3-8-3\python.exe - (as in https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/advanced.html#pipenv-and-other-python-distributions) Creates the required virtual environment using this version of Python, but can't install pypi packages there due to ssl issues:

WARNING:pipenv.patched.pip._internal.models.search_scope:pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however   
the ssl module in Python is not available.

In the python3-8-3 global environment, it has the following packages installed.

>pixi global list -e python3-8-3                     
The python3-8-3 environment has 12 packages:
Package          Version       Build               Size
ca-certificates  2024.8.30     h56e8100_0          155.1 KiB
libsqlite        3.47.2        h67fdade_0          870.4 KiB
openssl          1.1.1w        hcfcfb64_0          5 MiB
pip              24.3.1        pyh8b19718_0        1.2 MiB
python           3.8.3         cpython_h5fd99cc_0  18.9 MiB
setuptools       75.3.0        pyhd8ed1ab_0        761.3 KiB
sqlite           3.47.2        h2466b09_0          894.4 KiB
ucrt             10.0.22621.0  h57928b3_1          546.6 KiB
vc               14.3          ha32ba9b_23         17.1 KiB
vc14_runtime     14.42.34433   he29a5d6_23         736.6 KiB
vs2015_runtime   14.42.34433   hdffcdeb_23         17.2 KiB
wheel            0.45.1        pyhd8ed1ab_0        61.5 KiB
Package          Version       Build               Size

Exposes:
python3-8-3 -> python
Channels:
https://prefix.dev/conda-forge

All of the following commands work correctly (no errors), so ssl does appear to be available in all of the relevant environments (compare with

pipenv/pipenv/patched/pip/_internal/utils/compat.py

Line 18 in c4c1f76

import _ssl # noqa: F401 # ignore unused

).

• C:\...\.pixi\envs\python3-8-3\python.exe -c "import ssl", also ... "import _ssl"
• C:\...\.pixi\envs\pipenv\python.exe -c "import ssl", also ... "import _ssl"

Any suggestions? Or is this a dumb idea?

The pipenv environment has the following packages installed, which includes openssl, so that should be OK 🤷.

>pixi global list -e pipenv
The pipenv environment has 26 packages:
Package          Version       Build               Size
bzip2            1.0.8         h2466b09_7          53.6 KiB
ca-certificates  2024.8.30     h56e8100_0          155.1 KiB
certifi          2024.8.30     pyhd8ed1ab_0        159.9 KiB
distlib          0.3.9         pyhd8ed1ab_1        267.7 KiB
filelock         3.16.1        pyhd8ed1ab_1        17 KiB
libexpat         2.6.4         he0c23c2_0          135.8 KiB
libffi           3.4.2         h8ffe710_5          41.1 KiB
liblzma          5.6.3         h2466b09_1          101.9 KiB
libmpdec         4.0.0         h2466b09_0          86.6 KiB
libsqlite        3.47.2        h67fdade_0          870.4 KiB
libzlib          1.3.1         h2466b09_2          54.2 KiB
openssl          3.4.0         h2466b09_0          8.1 MiB
packaging        24.2          pyhd8ed1ab_2        58.8 KiB
pip              24.3.1        pyh145f28c_0        1.2 MiB
pipenv           2024.4.0      pyhd8ed1ab_0        2 MiB
platformdirs     4.3.6         pyhd8ed1ab_1        20 KiB
python           3.13.1        h071d269_102_cp313  16 MiB
python_abi       3.13          5_cp313             6.6 KiB
setuptools       75.6.0        pyhff2d567_1        756.1 KiB
tk               8.6.13        h5226925_1          3.3 MiB
tzdata           2024b         hc8b5060_0          119.5 KiB
ucrt             10.0.22621.0  h57928b3_1          546.6 KiB
vc               14.3          ha32ba9b_23         17.1 KiB
vc14_runtime     14.42.34433   he29a5d6_23         736.6 KiB
virtualenv       20.28.0       pyhd8ed1ab_0        3.2 MiB
vs2015_runtime   14.42.34433   hdffcdeb_23         17.2 KiB
Package          Version       Build               Size

Exposes:
pipenv-resolver, pipenv
Channels:
https://prefix.dev/conda-forge

conda create -n python3-8-3 "python=3.8.3" installs the same conda packages as above, and has the same errors, so maybe it's an effect of the pixi global install. I am able to pip install packages into that conda environment, so I don't think it's a firewall issue.