@@ -415,11 +415,11 @@ function lib_installed_from_git {

     # you the path an editable install was installed from; for example

     # in response to something like

     #  pip install -e 'git+http://git.openstack.org/openstack-dev/bashate#egg=bashate'

-    # pip list shows

-    #  bashate (0.5.2.dev19, /tmp/env/src/bashate)

-    # Thus we look for "path after a comma" to indicate we were

-    # installed from some local place

-    pip list 2>/dev/null | grep -- "$name" | grep -q -- ', .*)$'

+    # pip list --format columns shows

+    #  bashate 0.5.2.dev19 /tmp/env/src/bashate

+    # Thus we check the third column to see if we're installed from

+    # some local place.

+    [[ -z $(pip list --format=columns 2>/dev/null | awk "/^$name/ {print \$3}") ]]

 }

 # check that everything that's in LIBS_FROM_GIT was actually installed