According to guide: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/version-specifiers/#direct-references Url representation should be like so: ``` pip @ file:///localbuilds/pip-1.3.1.zip ``` Currently white space before @ is missing ``` >>> from packaging.requirements import Requirement >>> str(Requirement("pip @ file:///localbuilds/pip-1.3.1.zip")) 'pip@ file:///localbuilds/pip-1.3.1.zip' ```