# ERROR: Unsupported environment marker: python_version < '3.8'

- **ID:** `python/pip-environment-markers-unsupported`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** config_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

The environment marker in the package's metadata is not recognized by the current pip version.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.6 | active | — | — |
| 3.7 | active | — | — |
| 3.8 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (70% success)
   ```
   pip install --upgrade pip
   ```
2. **** (90% success)
   ```
   python3.8 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install pkg
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — May install incompatible versions for the current Python. (60% fail)
- **** — If the marker is malformed, upgrading won't help. (50% fail)