From 2aef145841e1dd155ba490b5db14a88ee61df1c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barnabas Busa <busa.barnabas@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 15:22:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove EXERTNALLY-MANAGED on Debian12

---
 tasks/main.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index e2e8aa1..1761992 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 ---
+# Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED file if we're on Debian12
+# Related issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-pip/issues/57
+- name: get python3 version installed
+  ansible.builtin.command: python3 --version
+  register: py3ver
+  when: ansible_distribution == "Debian" and ansible_distribution_version == "12"
+
+- name: remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED if we're on debian12
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
+    state: absent
+  when: py3ver is defined and py3ver.stdout.find("3.11") != -1
+
 - name: Ensure Pip is installed.
   package:
     name: "{{ pip_package }}"