Issue
Like @kapec94 in #2659, I came across confusing interaction between these parameters in Poetry (see my comment on 9278). I think, now, that part of the problem I was seeing then was Debian's python3-virtualenv, but I think I've compiled a list of problems using this demonstration script (output).
Interesting points:
| ENV |
python flag |
try-first-with |
activated |
|
notes |
|
|
~/.asdf/installs/python/3.9.19/bin/python3.9 |
3.9.19 |
✅ |
try-first-with is used and path is ignored |
|
3.9 |
~/.asdf/installs/python/3.9.19/bin/python3.9 |
3.9.19 |
✅ |
try-first-with provides matching python |
|
3.9 |
~/.asdf/installs/python/3.11.9/bin/python3.11 |
3.9.2 |
✅ |
try-first-with is ignored b/c wrong version, found python in path |
|
~/.asdf/installs/python/3.11.9/bin/python3.11 |
~/.asdf/installs/python/3.9.19/bin/python3.9 |
3.9.19 |
❌ |
python flag should be used (See this comment on #2659) |
| 3.9 |
3.11 |
~/.asdf/installs/python/3.11.9/bin/python3.11 |
3.9.2 |
❌ |
python flag should override env (See this comment on #2285) |
Creating a new issue to focus the work.