--dry-run was added in pip v22.2. Since the purpose of smuggling a package is to load it for immediate use, onion comments cannot contain pip install arguments that would cause the package to not actually be installed — -h/--help and -v/--version are disallowed for the same reason.
--dry-runwas added in pip v22.2. Since the purpose of smuggling a package is to load it for immediate use, onion comments cannot containpip installarguments that would cause the package to not actually be installed —-h/--helpand-v/--versionare disallowed for the same reason.