No module named 'distutils'

[g0rg0n]

[Administrator note: this post, and the first response, were originally attached to the solved topic SOLVED python 3.12 fontforge No module named 'distutils'. As logrusx notes, this is not appropriate, so I split it out. -Hu]

dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.78.1 also fails due to missing distutils.

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  File "/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.78.1/work/gobject-introspection-1.78.1-build/giscanner/utils.py", line 385, in <module>
    import distutils.cygwinccompiler
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

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❯ emerge -vp setuptools

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
Dependency resolution took 3.45 s (backtrack: 0/20).

[ebuild   R    ] dev-python/setuptools-70.0.0::gentoo  USE="-test" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_11 python3_12* -pypy3 -python3_10 -python3_13" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ] dev-python/setuptools-scm-8.1.0::gentoo  USE="-test" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_11 python3_12* -pypy3 -python3_10 -python3_13" 0 KiB

Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 KiB

~ took 4s 
❯ python --version
Python 3.12.3

thought emerge -uDU @world would take care of updated python targets.. running emerge -D python first now

[logrusx]

dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.78.1 also fails due to missing distutils.

File a bug. It's not a good idea to post to other threads, it convollutes the thread as well as decreases the chance your problem will get the attention it needs.
Last but not least, it's not a good manner.

Best Regards,
Georgi

[Hu]

To extend on what logrusx said, posting to a SOLVED thread is a particularly poor choice, because some people will not read a thread that has been SOLVED, and so will miss your post completely.