Is it possible to generate the output of

pip freeze

from a target like a

pex_binary

? I know how I could do it using

adhoc_tool

, but I'm curious if there's a more natively supported way that does it behind the scenes for me.

There are probably several ways you could stitch this together with PEX_TOOLsor

adhoc_tool

, but I'm not ware of something that gives you that exact format "for free".

Thanks, I ended up making a python script and backing it with

adhoc_tool

. The script looks roughly like

subprocess.check_call(['python', <pex>, 'venv', '--scope=deps', '--pip', '--collisions-ok', '--compile', <dest>])
with open(<file>, 'w+') as f:
   subprocess.check_call(['pip', 'freeze'], stdout=f)

I used a python script instead of a shell script so I could easily include the hermetic python included by pants.