Merge pull request #11303 from vanschelven/clarify-pip-cache-output

news/11300.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clarify that ``pip cache``'s wheels-related output is about locally built wheels only.

src/pip/_internal/commands/cache.py

@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ def get_cache_info(self, options: Values, args: List[Any]) -> None:
                     Package index page cache location: {http_cache_location}
                     Package index page cache size: {http_cache_size}
                     Number of HTTP files: {num_http_files}
-                    Wheels location: {wheels_cache_location}
-                    Wheels size: {wheels_cache_size}
-                    Number of wheels: {package_count}
+                    Locally built wheels location: {wheels_cache_location}
+                    Locally built wheels size: {wheels_cache_size}
+                    Number of locally built wheels: {package_count}
                 """
             )
             .format(
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def list_cache_items(self, options: Values, args: List[Any]) -> None:
 
     def format_for_human(self, files: List[str]) -> None:
         if not files:
-            logger.info("Nothing cached.")
+            logger.info("No locally built wheels cached.")
             return
 
         results = []

tests/functional/test_cache.py

@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ def test_cache_info(
     result = script.pip("cache", "info")
 
     assert f"Package index page cache location: {http_cache_dir}" in result.stdout
-    assert f"Wheels location: {wheel_cache_dir}" in result.stdout
+    assert f"Locally built wheels location: {wheel_cache_dir}" in result.stdout
     num_wheels = len(wheel_cache_files)
-    assert f"Number of wheels: {num_wheels}" in result.stdout
+    assert f"Number of locally built wheels: {num_wheels}" in result.stdout
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("populate_wheel_cache")
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ def test_cache_list_abspath(script: PipTestEnvironment) -> None:
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("empty_wheel_cache")
 def test_cache_list_with_empty_cache(script: PipTestEnvironment) -> None:
     """Running `pip cache list` with an empty cache should print
-    "Nothing cached." and exit."""
+    "No locally built wheels cached." and exit."""
     result = script.pip("cache", "list")
-    assert result.stdout == "Nothing cached.\n"
+    assert result.stdout == "No locally built wheels cached.\n"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("empty_wheel_cache")