Can't install uWSGI egg

[distributist]

When you attempt to install the uWSGI egg, it fails to install the uWSGI binary. Instead, only the uWSGI decorators are installed. The problem is in easy_install.py, lines 1817-1820, in make_egg_after_pip_install:

        dest_entry = os.path.join(dest, entry)
        # work around pip install -t bug that leaves entries in RECORD
        # that starts with '../../'
        if not os.path.abspath(dest_entry).startswith(dest):
            continue

The path to the uwsgi binary is given as '../../bin/uwsgi' which causes the entry to be ignored.

Test case to recreate:

[buildout]
parts = test

[test]
recipe = zc.recipe.egg
eggs = uWSGI==2.0.23

The buildout-cache/eggs directory will have a .egg directory for uWSGI containing uwsgidecorators.py, but the actual uwsgi binary will not be installed. If you simply install uwsgi via pip, it installs properly.

Unfortunately, I do not have enough knowledge of the buildout/setuptools/pip toolset to determine if this is a bug in pip or the uWSGI egg, or an issue with the workaround in easy_install.py.

[icemac]

We are using https://pypi.org/project/buildout.recipe.uwsgi/ here to install uwsgi.
Maybe it helps you, too.

[distributist]

We are using https://pypi.org/project/buildout.recipe.uwsgi/ here to install uwsgi. Maybe it helps you, too.
Thank you for the suggestion; I will look into it. My workaround was to use plone.recipe.command to run pip. I didn't think of looking for a recipe, because I was focused on "It's just an egg; it should install like before."

I'm happy to look at a solution, but I need input from someone who understands the tools better. I don't know in which cases the workaround in make_egg_after_pip_install is valid and which it isn't. Or if the problem lies with either the uWSGI egg or pip, that's fine. I just don't have the expertise to tell.