New comment by TinfoilSubmarine on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/39416#issuecomment-1255109872 Comment: I saw it lumped into the same functional group [here](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#id400), but to be honest didn't research the differences: > Deprecate -b/--build/--build-dir/--build-directory. Its current behaviour is confusing and breaks in case different versions of the same distribution need to be built during the resolution process. Using the TMPDIR/TEMP/TMP environment variable, possibly combined with --no-clean covers known use cases. ([#8372](https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/8372))