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Document that using overrides disables all wheels
See pypa#4118. Update documentation to state that using command line options on any requirements will disable all usage of wheels. Since this is unexpected behavior, move text to a warning.
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Since version 7.0 pip supports controlling the command line options given to
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``setup.py`` via requirements files. This disables the use of wheels (cached or
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otherwise) for that package, as ``setup.py`` does not exist for wheels.
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``setup.py`` via requirements files.
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.. warning::
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This disables the use of wheels (cached or otherwise),
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as ``setup.py`` does not exist for wheels.
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The ``--global-option`` and ``--install-option`` options are used to pass
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options to ``setup.py``. For example:

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