Document common fix of Poetry problems by removing egg-info (#13785)

`matrix_synapse.egg-info/`

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Add docs for common fix of deleting the `matrix_synapse.egg-info/` directory for fixing Python dependency problems.

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@ -126,6 +126,23 @@ context of poetry's venv, without having to run `poetry shell` beforehand.
poetry install --extras all --remove-untracked
```
## ...delete everything and start over from scratch?
```shell
# Stop the current virtualenv if active
$ deactivate
# Remove all of the files from the current environment.
# Don't worry, even though it says "all", this will only
# remove the Poetry virtualenvs for the current project.
$ poetry env remove --all
# Reactivate Poetry shell to create the virtualenv again
$ poetry shell
# Install everything again
$ poetry install --extras all
```
## ...run a command in the `poetry` virtualenv?
Use `poetry run cmd args` when you need the python virtualenv context.
@ -256,6 +273,16 @@ from PyPI. (This is what makes poetry seem slow when doing the first
`poetry install`.) Try `poetry cache list` and `poetry cache clear --all
<name of cache>` to see if that fixes things.
## Remove outdated egg-info
Delete the `matrix_synapse.egg-info/` directory from the root of your Synapse
install.
This stores some cached information about dependencies and often conflicts with
letting Poetry do the right thing.
## Try `--verbose` or `--dry-run` arguments.
Sometimes useful to see what poetry's internal logic is.