Add info log when wheel building is skipped (#7768)

pypa · Feb 23, 2020 · e6ed38d · e6ed38d
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diff --git a/news/7768.feature b/news/7768.feature
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+Indicate when wheel building is skipped, due to lack of the ``wheel`` package.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/wheel_builder.py b/src/pip/_internal/wheel_builder.py
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ def _should_build(
 
     if not req.use_pep517 and not is_wheel_installed():
         # we don't build legacy requirements if wheel is not installed
+        logger.info(
+            "Could not build wheels for %s,"
+            "since package 'wheel' is not installed.", req.name,
+        )
         return False
 
     if req.editable or not req.source_dir: