$ pip search sql
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/commands/search.py", line 106, in compare_versions
    return cmp(StrictVersion(version1), StrictVersion(version2))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.1/distutils/version.py", line 40, in __init__
    self.parse(vstring)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.1/distutils/version.py", line 143, in parse
    raise ValueError("invalid version number '%s'" % vstring)
ValueError: invalid version number '1.0a1-r2614'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 126, in main
    self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/commands/search.py", line 34, in run
    hits = transform_hits(pypi_hits)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/commands/search.py", line 67, in transform_hits
    if version == highest_version(packages[name]['versions']):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/commands/search.py", line 113, in highest_version
    return reduce((lambda v1, v2: compare_versions(v1, v2) == 1 and v1 or v2), versions)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/commands/search.py", line 113, in <lambda>
    return reduce((lambda v1, v2: compare_versions(v1, v2) == 1 and v1 or v2), versions)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/commands/search.py", line 109, in compare_versions
    return cmp(LooseVersion(version1), LooseVersion(version2))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pip-1.0.2-py3.1.egg/pip/backwardcompat.py", line 54, in cmp
    return (a > b) - (a < b)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.1/distutils/version.py", line 70, in __gt__
    c = self._cmp(other)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.1/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
    if self.version < other.version:
TypeError: unorderable types: int() < str()

Storing complete log in /home/rladams/.pip/pip.log