upgrade of pip on my python 2.7 version

[Mats Wichmann]

On 9/27/23 05:17, Zuri Shaddai Kuchipudi via Python-list wrote:
> hello everyone this the error that im getting while trying to install and upgrade pip on what is the solution for it?
> 
> C:\repository\pst-utils-pc-davinci-simulator>pip install
> You are using pip version 7.0.1, however version 23.2.1 is available.
> You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
> You must give at least one requirement to install (see "pip help install")
> 
> C:\repository\pst-utils-pc-davinci-simulator>pip install --upgrade pip
> You are using pip version 7.0.1, however version 23.2.1 is available.
> You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
> Collecting pip
>    Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ba/19/e63fb4e0d20e48bd2167bb7e857abc0e21679e24805ba921a224df8977c0/pip-23.2.1.tar.gz
>      Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
>      Traceback (most recent call last):
>        File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
>        File "c:\users\kuchipz\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-gc4ekm\pip\setup.py", line 7
>          def read(rel_path: str) -> str:
>                           ^
>      SyntaxError: invalid syntax

PyPI *should* be returning a compatible version of pip to upgrade to. 
pip itself has long since dropped support for 2.7, and the version 
you're trying to force is pretty clear:

pip 23.2.1

Meta
License: MIT License (MIT)
Author: The pip developers
Requires: Python >=3.7
...
Classifiers
     Development Status
         5 - Production/Stable
     Intended Audience
         Developers
     License
         OSI Approved :: MIT License
     Programming Language
         Python
         Python :: 3
         Python :: 3 :: Only
...

So "don't do that".

Why it's trying to select an incompatible version when you ask to 
upgrade is not something I'd like to speculate on, for me personally 
that's a surprise.  Maybe something else you did before?

Also make sure you're using a pip that matches your Python. It's usually 
safer if you invoke it as:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

(or whatever the precise name of your Python 2 interpreter actually is)