In poetry 1.8.2, even when I run the poetry self update command, only the VERSION is not updated.

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Description

❯ poetry self update
Updating Poetry version ...

Using version ^1.8.2 for poetry

Updating dependencies
Resolving dependencies... (0.1s)

No dependencies to install or update

After executing the above command, only the VERSION is not updated.

❯ cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/pypoetry/VERSION
1.7.1                                                                                                                                                                                                

❯ cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/pypoetry/pyproject.toml 
[tool.poetry]
name = "poetry-instance"
version = "1.8.2"
description = ""
authors = []
license = ""

Also, I have a related question. Originally, I was having trouble with the pyenv version not updating even when I ran the poetry new command. During my investigation, I found that editing the pyvenv.cfg file might allow me to use the desired Python version. However, I was wondering if it is possible to do something like poetry new --python-version 3.12 or --python-path /path/to/python to specify the Python version or path directly when creating a new project?

Workarounds

no.

Poetry Installation Method

install.python-poetry.org

Operating System

Mac OS

Poetry Version

1.8.2

Poetry Configuration

❯ poetry config --list
cache-dir = "/Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry"
experimental.system-git-client = false
installer.max-workers = null
installer.modern-installation = true
installer.no-binary = null
installer.parallel = true
keyring.enabled = true
solver.lazy-wheel = true
virtualenvs.create = true
virtualenvs.in-project = null
virtualenvs.options.always-copy = false
virtualenvs.options.no-pip = false
virtualenvs.options.no-setuptools = false
virtualenvs.options.system-site-packages = false
virtualenvs.path = "{cache-dir}/virtualenvs"  # /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/virtualenvs
virtualenvs.prefer-active-python = false
virtualenvs.prompt = "{project_name}-py{python_version}"
warnings.export = true

### Python Sysconfig

_No response_

### Example pyproject.toml

_No response_

### Poetry Runtime Logs

```bash session
❯ poetry self update -vvv        
Loading configuration file /Users/user/Library/Application Support/pypoetry/config.toml
Updating Poetry version ...

Checking if keyring is available
[keyring:keyring.backend] Loading KWallet
[keyring:keyring.backend] Loading SecretService
[keyring:keyring.backend] Loading Windows
[keyring:keyring.backend] Loading chainer
[keyring:keyring.backend] Loading libsecret
[keyring:keyring.backend] Loading macOS
Using keyring backend 'macOS Keyring'
Creating new session for pypi.org
[urllib3:urllib3.connectionpool] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): pypi.org:443
[urllib3:urllib3.connectionpool] https://pypi.org:443 "GET /simple/poetry/ HTTP/1.1" 304 0
[filelock:filelock] Attempting to acquire lock 4392603408 on /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/cache/repositories/PyPI/_http/3/f/1/8/3/3f1831de5c013ea5c0cdef890fb37908acf5692d338515305311a3ab.lock
[filelock:filelock] Lock 4392603408 acquired on /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/cache/repositories/PyPI/_http/3/f/1/8/3/3f1831de5c013ea5c0cdef890fb37908acf5692d338515305311a3ab.lock
[filelock:filelock] Attempting to release lock 4392603408 on /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/cache/repositories/PyPI/_http/3/f/1/8/3/3f1831de5c013ea5c0cdef890fb37908acf5692d338515305311a3ab.lock
[filelock:filelock] Lock 4392603408 released on /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/cache/repositories/PyPI/_http/3/f/1/8/3/3f1831de5c013ea5c0cdef890fb37908acf5692d338515305311a3ab.lock
Source (PyPI): 98 packages found for poetry *
Using version ^1.8.2 for poetry

Updating dependencies
Resolving dependencies...
   1: fact: poetry-instance is 1.8.2
   1: derived: poetry-instance
   1: fact: poetry-instance depends on poetry (^1.8.2)
   1: selecting poetry-instance (1.8.2)
   1: derived: poetry (>=1.8.2,<2.0.0)
Source (PyPI): 1 packages found for poetry >=1.8.2,<2.0.0
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on poetry-core (1.9.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on poetry-plugin-export (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on build (>=1.0.3,<2.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on cachecontrol[filecache] (>=0.14.0,<0.15.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on cleo (>=2.1.0,<3.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on crashtest (>=0.4.1,<0.5.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on dulwich (>=0.21.2,<0.22.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on fastjsonschema (>=2.18.0,<3.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on installer (>=0.7.0,<0.8.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on keyring (>=24.0.0,<25.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on packaging (>=23.1)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on pexpect (>=4.7.0,<5.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on pkginfo (>=1.9.4,<2.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on platformdirs (>=3.0.0,<5)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on pyproject-hooks (>=1.0.0,<2.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on requests (>=2.26,<3.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on requests-toolbelt (>=1.0.0,<2.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on shellingham (>=1.5,<2.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on tomlkit (>=0.11.4,<1.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on trove-classifiers (>=2022.5.19)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on virtualenv (>=20.23.0,<21.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry (1.8.2) depends on xattr (>=1.0.0,<2.0.0)
   1: selecting poetry (1.8.2)
   1: derived: xattr (>=1.0.0,<2.0.0)
   1: derived: virtualenv (>=20.23.0,<21.0.0)
   1: derived: trove-classifiers (>=2022.5.19)
   1: derived: tomlkit (>=0.11.4,<1.0.0)
   1: derived: shellingham (>=1.5,<2.0)
   1: derived: requests-toolbelt (>=1.0.0,<2.0.0)
   1: derived: requests (>=2.26,<3.0)
   1: derived: pyproject-hooks (>=1.0.0,<2.0.0)
   1: derived: platformdirs (>=3.0.0,<5)
   1: derived: pkginfo (>=1.9.4,<2.0.0)
   1: derived: pexpect (>=4.7.0,<5.0.0)
   1: derived: packaging (>=23.1)
   1: derived: keyring (>=24.0.0,<25.0.0)
   1: derived: installer (>=0.7.0,<0.8.0)
   1: derived: fastjsonschema (>=2.18.0,<3.0.0)
   1: derived: dulwich (>=0.21.2,<0.22.0)
   1: derived: crashtest (>=0.4.1,<0.5.0)
   1: derived: cleo (>=2.1.0,<3.0.0)
   1: derived: cachecontrol[filecache] (>=0.14.0,<0.15.0)
   1: derived: build (>=1.0.3,<2.0.0)
   1: derived: poetry-plugin-export (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0)
   1: derived: poetry-core (==1.9.0)
   1: fact: virtualenv (20.25.0) depends on distlib (>=0.3.7,<1)
   1: fact: virtualenv (20.25.0) depends on filelock (>=3.12.2,<4)
   1: fact: virtualenv (20.25.0) depends on platformdirs (>=3.9.1,<5)
   1: selecting virtualenv (20.25.0)
   1: derived: platformdirs (>=3.9.1,<5)
   1: derived: filelock (>=3.12.2,<4)
   1: derived: distlib (>=0.3.7,<1)
   1: selecting trove-classifiers (2023.11.29)
   1: selecting tomlkit (0.12.3)
   1: selecting shellingham (1.5.4)
   1: fact: requests-toolbelt (1.0.0) depends on requests (>=2.0.1,<3.0.0)
   1: selecting requests-toolbelt (1.0.0)
   1: fact: requests (2.31.0) depends on charset-normalizer (>=2,<4)
   1: fact: requests (2.31.0) depends on idna (>=2.5,<4)
   1: fact: requests (2.31.0) depends on urllib3 (>=1.21.1,<3)
   1: fact: requests (2.31.0) depends on certifi (>=2017.4.17)
   1: selecting requests (2.31.0)
   1: derived: certifi (>=2017.4.17)
   1: derived: urllib3 (>=1.21.1,<3)
   1: derived: idna (>=2.5,<4)
   1: derived: charset-normalizer (>=2,<4)
   1: selecting pyproject-hooks (1.0.0)
   1: selecting platformdirs (3.11.0)
   1: selecting pkginfo (1.9.6)
   1: fact: pexpect (4.9.0) depends on ptyprocess (>=0.5)
   1: selecting pexpect (4.9.0)
   1: derived: ptyprocess (>=0.5)
   1: selecting packaging (23.2)
   1: fact: keyring (24.3.0) depends on jaraco.classes (*)
   1: fact: keyring (24.3.0) depends on importlib-metadata (>=4.11.4)
   1: fact: keyring (24.3.0) depends on SecretStorage (>=3.2)
   1: fact: keyring (24.3.0) depends on jeepney (>=0.4.2)
   1: fact: keyring (24.3.0) depends on pywin32-ctypes (>=0.2.0)
   1: selecting keyring (24.3.0)
   1: derived: pywin32-ctypes (>=0.2.0)
   1: derived: jeepney (>=0.4.2)
   1: derived: SecretStorage (>=3.2)
   1: derived: importlib-metadata (>=4.11.4)
   1: derived: jaraco.classes
   1: selecting installer (0.7.0)
   1: selecting fastjsonschema (2.19.1)
   1: fact: dulwich (0.21.7) depends on urllib3 (>=1.25)
   1: selecting dulwich (0.21.7)
   1: derived: urllib3 (>=1.25)
   1: selecting crashtest (0.4.1)
   1: fact: cleo (2.1.0) depends on crashtest (>=0.4.1,<0.5.0)
   1: fact: cleo (2.1.0) depends on rapidfuzz (>=3.0.0,<4.0.0)
   1: selecting cleo (2.1.0)
   1: derived: rapidfuzz (>=3.0.0,<4.0.0)
   1: fact: cachecontrol[filecache] (0.14.0) depends on cachecontrol (0.14.0)
   1: fact: cachecontrol[filecache] (0.14.0) depends on requests (>=2.16.0)
   1: fact: cachecontrol[filecache] (0.14.0) depends on msgpack (>=0.5.2,<2.0.0)
   1: fact: cachecontrol[filecache] (0.14.0) depends on filelock (>=3.8.0)
   1: selecting cachecontrol[filecache] (0.14.0)
   1: derived: msgpack (>=0.5.2,<2.0.0)
   1: derived: cachecontrol (==0.14.0)
   1: fact: build (1.0.3) depends on packaging (>=19.0)
   1: fact: build (1.0.3) depends on pyproject_hooks (*)
   1: fact: build (1.0.3) depends on colorama (*)
   1: selecting build (1.0.3)
   1: derived: colorama
   1: fact: poetry-plugin-export (1.6.0) depends on poetry (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0)
   1: fact: poetry-plugin-export (1.6.0) depends on poetry-core (>=1.7.0,<2.0.0)
   1: selecting poetry-plugin-export (1.6.0)
   1: selecting poetry-core (1.9.0)
   1: selecting filelock (3.13.1)
   1: selecting distlib (0.3.8)
   1: selecting certifi (2023.11.17)
   1: selecting urllib3 (2.1.0)
   1: selecting idna (3.6)
   1: selecting charset-normalizer (3.3.2)
   1: selecting ptyprocess (0.7.0)
   1: fact: jaraco-classes (3.3.0) depends on more-itertools (*)
   1: selecting jaraco-classes (3.3.0)
   1: derived: more-itertools
   1: selecting rapidfuzz (3.6.0)
   1: selecting msgpack (1.0.7)
   1: selecting more-itertools (10.1.0)
   1: fact: xattr (1.1.0) depends on cffi (>=1.16.0)
   1: selecting xattr (1.1.0)
   1: derived: cffi (>=1.16.0)
   1: fact: cffi (1.16.0) depends on pycparser (*)
   1: selecting cffi (1.16.0)
   1: derived: pycparser
   1: selecting pycparser (2.21)
   1: selecting pywin32-ctypes (0.2.2)
   1: selecting jeepney (0.8.0)
   1: fact: secretstorage (3.3.3) depends on cryptography (>=2.0)
   1: fact: secretstorage (3.3.3) depends on jeepney (>=0.6)
   1: selecting secretstorage (3.3.3)
   1: derived: cryptography (>=2.0)
   1: fact: cryptography (41.0.7) depends on cffi (>=1.12)
   1: selecting cryptography (41.0.7)
   1: fact: importlib-metadata (7.0.1) depends on zipp (>=0.5)
   1: selecting importlib-metadata (7.0.1)
   1: derived: zipp (>=0.5)
   1: selecting zipp (3.17.0)
   1: fact: cachecontrol (0.14.0) depends on requests (>=2.16.0)
   1: fact: cachecontrol (0.14.0) depends on msgpack (>=0.5.2,<2.0.0)
   1: selecting cachecontrol (0.14.0)
   1: selecting colorama (0.4.6)
   1: Version solving took 0.062 seconds.
   1: Tried 1 solutions.

Finding the necessary packages for the current system
Source (PyPI): 1 packages found for poetry >=1.8.2,<2.0.0

Package operations: 0 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals, 38 skipped

  - Installing build (1.0.3): Pending...
  - Installing build (1.0.3): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing cachecontrol (0.14.0): Pending...
  - Installing cachecontrol (0.14.0): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing certifi (2023.11.17): Pending...
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  - Installing crashtest (0.4.1): Pending...
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  - Installing distlib (0.3.8): Pending...
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  - Installing dulwich (0.21.7): Pending...
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  - Installing fastjsonschema (2.19.1): Pending...
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  - Installing importlib-metadata (7.0.1): Pending...
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  - Installing installer (0.7.0): Pending...
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  - Installing jaraco-classes (3.3.0): Pending...
  - Installing jaraco-classes (3.3.0): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing keyring (24.3.0): Pending...
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  - Installing pyproject-hooks (1.0.0): Pending...
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  - Installing pkginfo (1.9.6): Pending...
  - Installing pkginfo (1.9.6): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing platformdirs (3.11.0): Pending...
  - Installing platformdirs (3.11.0): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing poetry-core (1.9.0): Pending...
  - Installing poetry-core (1.9.0): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing poetry-plugin-export (1.6.0): Pending...
  - Installing poetry-plugin-export (1.6.0): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing ptyprocess (0.7.0): Pending...
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  - Installing pexpect (4.9.0): Pending...
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  - Installing virtualenv (20.25.0): Pending...
  - Installing virtualenv (20.25.0): Skipped for the following reason: Already installed
  - Installing requests (2.31.0): Pending...
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[0num4]

This is probably 1.8.2

❯ curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 - --uninstall
Removing Poetry (1.7.1)

[eamanu]

but VERSION file is the application itself, it shouldn't show the poetry version, I guess

[vacarme]

Same here got poetry 1.8.2 and VERSION file seems to be stuck at 1.5.1 (maybe this file is correlated to something else maybe it has been deprecated, maybe something else).

Regarding your question: I am not sure to understand it very well but if you want poetry to use the python defined by pyenv you can set virtualenvs.prefer-active-python to true then activate the desired python version with pyenv before running poetry new.

[vacarme]

This file is probably used when uninstalling poetry.

I just ran the uninstall script and it echoed Removing Poetry (1.5.1) which was not the version of my poetry but actually the content of the VERSION file.

Not a big deal but still a good thing to let the core team know this.

[radoering]

Looks like the file is created/used only by the install script. Afaik Poetry itself does not know anything about a VERSION file so it cannot update the version in its self commands.

I think there are two options:

• Let the self commands update the VERSION file.
• Make the install script independent from a VERSION file.

Workaround: Use the install script to update Poetry instead of self commands.