maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 285909] devel/py-setuptools: AttributeError: 'PathDistribution' object has no attribute '_normalized_name'

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Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 05:39:05 UTC
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Bug 285909: devel/py-setuptools: AttributeError: 'PathDistribution' object has
no attribute '_normalized_name'
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=285909



--- Description ---
py-setuptools does not build for Python 3.9 with this error:

* Getting build dependencies for wheel...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process
.py",
line 389, in <module>
    main()
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process
.py",
line 373, in main
    json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process
.py",
line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return hook(config_settings)
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
build_meta.py",
line 177, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return self._get_build_requires(
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
build_meta.py",
line 159, in _get_build_requires
    self.run_setup()
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
build_meta.py",
line 174, in run_setup
    exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'), locals())
  File "setup.py", line 87, in <module>
    dist = setuptools.setup(**setup_params)
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
__init__.py",
line 86, in setup
    _install_setup_requires(attrs)
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
__init__.py",
line 75, in _install_setup_requires
    dist = MinimalDistribution(attrs)
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
__init__.py",
line 57, in __init__
    super().__init__(filtered)
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
dist.py",
line 474, in __init__
    for ep in metadata.entry_points(group='distutils.setup_keywords'):
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
_vendor/importlib_metadata/__init__.py",
line 999, in entry_points
    return SelectableGroups.load(eps).select(**params)
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
_vendor/importlib_metadata/__init__.py",
line 449, in load
    ordered = sorted(eps, key=by_group)
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
_vendor/importlib_metadata/__init__.py",
line 996, in <genexpr>
    eps = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
  File
"/wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools/work-py39/setuptools-63.1.0/setuptools/
_vendor/importlib_metadata/_itertools.py",
line 16, in unique_everseen
    k = key(element)
AttributeError: 'PathDistribution' object has no attribute '_normalized_name'

ERROR Backend subprocess exited when trying to invoke
get_requires_for_build_wheel