pip2pi downloads but fails to include build-time requirements about pip2pi HOT 3 CLOSED

[randall@neawanna-cent6 apps]$ pip2pi /apps protobuf==3.1.0.post1
DEPRECATION: pip install --download has been deprecated and will be removed in the future. Pip now has a download command that should be used instead.
Collecting protobuf==3.1.0.post1
  File was already downloaded /apps/protobuf-3.1.0.post1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting six>=1.9 (from protobuf==3.1.0.post1)
  File was already downloaded /apps/six-1.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting setuptools (from protobuf==3.1.0.post1)
  File was already downloaded /apps/setuptools-28.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Successfully downloaded protobuf six setuptools

Done. 0 new archives currently saved in '/apps'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/pip2pi", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(pip2pi())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libpip2pi/commands.py", line 510, in pip2pi
    res = _dir2pi(option, subcmd_argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libpip2pi/commands.py", line 290, in _dir2pi
    pkg_name, pkg_rest = file_to_package(pkg_basename, pkgdir)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libpip2pi/commands.py", line 123, in file_to_package
    raise InvalidFilePackageName(file, basedir)
libpip2pi.commands.InvalidFilePackageName: unexpected file name: 'pip2pi-master.zip' (not in 'pkg-name-version.xxx' format; found in directory: '/apps')