@@ -887,9 +887,18 @@ function pip_install {

         SUDO_PIP="sudo"

         CMD_PIP=$(get_pip_command)

     fi

+

+    if [[ is_fedora && $DISTRO =~ (rhel6) ]]; then

+        # RHEL6 pip by default doesn't have this (was introduced

+        # around 0.8.1 or so)

+        PIP_USE_MIRRORS=${PIP_USE_MIRRORS:-False}

+    else

+        PIP_USE_MIRRORS=${PIP_USE_MIRRORS:-True}

+    fi

     if [[ "$PIP_USE_MIRRORS" != "False" ]]; then

         PIP_MIRROR_OPT="--use-mirrors"

     fi

+

     $SUDO_PIP PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=${PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE:-/var/cache/pip} \

         HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy \

         HTTPS_PROXY=$https_proxy \