Re: [Fink-users] setuptools-tng-py38-68.0.0-1

[Derek H. <hom...@gm...>]

On 26 Jul 2026, at 1:46 pm, Robert Wyatt <chu...@gm...> wrote:
> 
>  File "/opt/sw/src/fink.build/setuptools-tng-py38-68.0.0-1/setuptools-68.0.0/setuptools/dist.py", line 805, in _setuptools_commands
>    return metadata.distribution('setuptools').entry_points.names
> AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'names'
> 
> ERROR Backend subprocess exited when trying to invoke build_wheel
> 
> Package manager version: 0.45.99.git
> Distribution version: selfupdate-git Sun Jul 26 06:28:07 2026, 26.0, arm64
> Trees: local/main stable/main local/injected
> Xcode.app: 27.0
> Xcode command-line tools: 27.0.0.0.1784267383Max. Fink build jobs:  12
> 
Same here with stable Xcode, for both the py38 and py39 flavours:

Package manager version: 0.45.99.git
Distribution version: selfupdate-point (bootstrap), 26.0, arm64
Trees: local/main stable/main local/injected
Xcode.app: 26.6
Xcode command-line tools: 26.6.0.0.1781586589
Max. Fink build jobs:  4

I did get a (mostly) working build by adding 3.8 and 3.9 Types back to the 59.6.0 info file, but that
lead into other issues like importlib-metadata and pip calling for higher versions.
But then those Pythons have reached EOL for about 1 and 2 years…