If I want to debug the setup.py file of my package packagename getting installed via "pip install packagename" , is there a way to do so? I have tried downloading the source, adding set_trace() in setup.py and run:

pip install .

However, as soon I get pdb() prompt, the install fails with error:

Processing /Users/skauser/python-ibmdb/IBM_DB/ibm_db Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: > /private/var/folders/b6/pmddncpn77550p8_g9kkx9f40000gp/T/pip-req-build-_fg8s5a2/setup.py(31)<module>() -> machine_bits = 8 * struct.calcsize("P") (Pdb) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/private/var/folders/b6/pmddncpn77550p8_g9kkx9f40000gp/T/pip-req-build-_fg8s5a2/setup.py", line 31, in <module> machine_bits = 8 * struct.calcsize("P") File "/private/var/folders/b6/pmddncpn77550p8_g9kkx9f40000gp/T/pip-req-build-_fg8s5a2/setup.py", line 31, in <module> machine_bits = 8 * struct.calcsize("P") File "/Library/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/bdb.py", line 88, in trace_dispatch return self.dispatch_line(frame) File "/Library/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/bdb.py", line 113, in dispatch_line if self.quitting: raise BdbQuit bdb.BdbQuit ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/b6/pmddncpn77550p8_g9kkx9f40000gp/T/pip-req-build-_fg8s5a2/

Although I can debug the source via: python setup.py build, the behavior that I want to debug is applicable when installed through pip.

Looking forward for recommendations. Thanks!

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