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pip install --upgrade pip doesn't work because the windows FS is brain damaged and won't let you delete an open file. I've tried setting my environment to the virtualenv that I want to update and then running from a different pip, but that fails with: (jm) E:\python\jm>c:\Python26\Scripts\pip install --upgrade pip Downloading/unpacking pip Running setup.py egg_info for package pip warning: no previously-included files matching '*.txt' found under directory 'docs\_build' no previously-included directories found matching 'docs\_build\_sources' Installing collected packages: pip Found existing installation: pip 0.7.1 Uninstalling pip: Successfully uninstalled pip Running setup.py install for pip warning: no previously-included files matching '*.txt' found under directory 'docs\_build' no previously-included directories found matching 'docs\_build\_sources' Installing pip-script.py script to c:\Python26\Scripts Installing pip.exe script to c:\Python26\Scripts Installing pip.exe.manifest script to c:\Python26\Scripts Installing pip-2.6-script.py script to c:\Python26\Scripts Installing pip-2.6.exe script to c:\Python26\Scripts Installing pip-2.6.exe.manifest script to c:\Python26\Scripts Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\basecommand.py", line 120, in main File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\commands\install.py", line 165, in run File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\req.py", line 1251, in install File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\req.py", line 466, in commit_uninstall File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\req.py", line 1549, in commit File "c:\Python26\lib\shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree rmtree(fullname, ignore_errors, onerror) File "c:\Python26\lib\shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree rmtree(f

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