Discourage usage of pip as root

Framedge · Dec 29, 2020 · b4f004f · b4f004f
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diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/commands/install.py b/src/pip/_internal/commands/install.py
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ def add_options(self):
     @with_cleanup
     def run(self, options, args):
         # type: (Values, List[str]) -> int
+        if os.geteuid() == 0:
+            sudo_warning = ("Running pip as root is not recommended. "
+                           "This could result in the corruption of the package "
+                           "directories when a package manager is used. "
+                           "See #6409 for more details.")
+            logger.warn(sudo_warning)
         if options.use_user_site and options.target_dir is not None:
             raise CommandError("Can not combine '--user' and '--target'")