ImportError: cannot import name 'find_packages' from 'distutils.core'

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Description

can't install Pixivutil2-2024.7.3 with setup.py

Steps to Reproduce

run setup.py with Python 3.12.7 on ArchLinux

Expected behavior: Successfully installed PixivUtil2-2024.7.3

Actual behavior:

Processing /home/neek/src/PixivUtil2
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [26 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 8, in <module>
      ImportError: cannot import name 'convert_path' from 'setuptools' (/tmp/pip-build-env-nzzh9_q5/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py)
      
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
      
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/home/neek/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "/home/neek/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/neek/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return hook(config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nzzh9_q5/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 332, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nzzh9_q5/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 302, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nzzh9_q5/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 516, in run_setup
          super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nzzh9_q5/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 318, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 11, in <module>
      ImportError: cannot import name 'find_packages' from 'distutils.core' (/tmp/pip-build-env-nzzh9_q5/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py)
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

I fixed it myself as workaround modifying setup.py imports with:

from setuptools import find_packages, setup
from distutils.util import convert_path
SETUPTOOLS_USED = True