Merge pull request #10594 from pdegroote/main

Author: uranusjr

news/10476.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Specify egg-link location in assertion message when it does not match installed location to provide better error message for debugging.

src/pip/_internal/req/req_uninstall.py

@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ def from_dist(cls, dist: BaseDistribution) -> "UninstallPathSet":
             assert os.path.samefile(
                 normalized_link_pointer, normalized_dist_location
             ), (
-                f"Egg-link {link_pointer} does not match installed location of "
-                f"{dist.raw_name} (at {dist_location})"
+                f"Egg-link {develop_egg_link} (to {link_pointer}) does not match "
+                f"installed location of {dist.raw_name} (at {dist_location})"
             )
             paths_to_remove.add(develop_egg_link)
             easy_install_pth = os.path.join(