From e70f4b71979dacd49f8c199e0fdbb9f9a7bd82da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: openoms <43343391+openoms@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:05:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] revert: build: remove externally-managed flag for python
 (#4400) (#4410)

This reverts commit 240f28d5dc8fd01df6322b8b025bca699bb287e5.
---
 build_sdcard.sh | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/build_sdcard.sh b/build_sdcard.sh
index aefbae295..62648dd86 100644
--- a/build_sdcard.sh
+++ b/build_sdcard.sh
@@ -391,6 +391,14 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# don't protect system packages from pip install
+# tracking issue: https://github.com/raspiblitz/raspiblitz/issues/4170
+for PYTHONDIR in /usr/lib/python3.*; do
+  if [ -f "$PYTHONDIR/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED" ]; then
+    rm "$PYTHONDIR/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED"
+  fi
+done
+
 # make sure /usr/bin/pip exists (and calls pip3 in Debian Buster)
 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pip pip /usr/bin/pip3 1
 # 1. libs (for global python scripts)