Pass necessary environment variable via sudo.

ros-infrastructure · Aug 9, 2024 · 2c76686 · 2c76686
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diff --git a/src/rosdep2/platforms/pip.py b/src/rosdep2/platforms/pip.py
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ class PipInstaller(PackageManagerInstaller):
     def __init__(self):
         super(PipInstaller, self).__init__(pip_detect, supports_depends=True)
 
+        # Pass necessary environment for pip functionality via sudo
+        if self.as_root and self.sudo_command != '':
+            self.sudo_command += ' --preserve-env=PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES'
+
     def get_version_strings(self):
         pip_version = importlib_metadata.version('pip')
         # keeping the name "setuptools" for backward compatibility