Merge pull request #1986 from matham/master

Replaces spaces in username.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pip/locations.py b/pip/locations.py
index 1d4026516..4d5d872f3 100644
--- a/pip/locations.py
+++ b/pip/locations.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def __get_username():
 def _get_build_prefix():
     """ Returns a safe build_prefix """
     path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), 'pip_build_%s' %
-        __get_username())
+        __get_username().replace(' ', '_'))
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         """ on windows(tested on 7) temp dirs are isolated """
         return path