[3.8] gh-90355: Add isolated flag if currently isolated (GH-92857) (GH-94571)

Co-authored-by: Carter Dodd <carter.dodd@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Éric <merwok@netwok.org>
Co-authored-by: Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>
(cherry picked from commit c8556bcf)

Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py

@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ def _run_pip(args, additional_paths=None):
 sys.argv[1:] = {args}
 runpy.run_module("pip", run_name="__main__", alter_sys=True)
 """
-    return subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-c", code], check=True).returncode
+
+    cmd = [sys.executable, '-c', code]
+    if sys.flags.isolated:
+        # run code in isolated mode if currently running isolated
+        cmd.insert(1, '-I')
+    return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True).returncode
 
 
 def version():

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-03-15-07-06.bpo-46197.Z0djv6.rst

+Fix :mod:`ensurepip` environment isolation for subprocess running ``pip``.