Bug#1055682: gdal b-d's on python3-all-dev, but only builds for the default python version

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 11/11/23 10:36, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 10.11.23 13:51, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>>> python3-gdal_3.7.3+dfsg-1_amd64.deb doesn't have any extensions for 
>>> 3.12.
>>
>> The installation for 3.12 fails:
>>
>>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build-py3.12/swig/python/setup.py", line 
>> 14, in <module>
>>       from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
>>     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 
>> 9, in <module>
>>       import distutils.core
>>   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
>>
>> There is an issue with setuptools in your build environment.
> 
> it might be difficult to reproduce in Debian without having 3.12 enabled 
> as the default.  But your reluctance to point a removed distutils module 
> in 3.12 to some issue in "my build environment" is odd.
> 
> I won't waste any more effort into this until you get the RC report from 
> the next test rebuild of unstable.

`python3.12 -c "from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext"` 
works just fine in Debian unstable.

setuptools bundles distutils, so I suspect _distutils_hack.override is 
not working as expected.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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