diff -Nru setuptools-68.1.2/debian/changelog setuptools-68.1.2/debian/changelog
--- setuptools-68.1.2/debian/changelog	2023-08-24 20:49:08.000000000 +0200
+++ setuptools-68.1.2/debian/changelog	2023-09-28 15:00:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+setuptools (68.1.2-1.ubuntu1) mantic; urgency=medium
+
+  * add bootstrap.egg-info to enable build
+
+ -- Paul Mars <paul.mars@canonical.com>  Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:00:11 +0200
+
 setuptools (68.1.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream version.
diff -Nru setuptools-68.1.2/debian/control setuptools-68.1.2/debian/control
--- setuptools-68.1.2/debian/control	2023-06-12 09:53:03.000000000 +0200
+++ setuptools-68.1.2/debian/control	2023-09-28 15:00:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Source: setuptools
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 11),
  dh-python,
diff -Nru setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/add-bootstrap.egg-info.diff setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/add-bootstrap.egg-info.diff
--- setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/add-bootstrap.egg-info.diff	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/add-bootstrap.egg-info.diff	2023-09-28 08:57:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Description: Missing bootstrap egg to setup setuptools
+Author: Paul Mars <paul.mars@canonical.com>
+Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/setuptools/+bug/2037205
+Last-Update: 2023-09-27
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/bootstrap.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++Name: setuptools-bootstrap
++Version: 1.0
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/bootstrap.egg-info/entry_points.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
++[distutils.commands]
++egg_info = setuptools.command.egg_info:egg_info
++build_py = setuptools.command.build_py:build_py
++sdist = setuptools.command.sdist:sdist
++editable_wheel = setuptools.command.editable_wheel:editable_wheel
++
++[distutils.setup_keywords]
++include_package_data = setuptools.dist:assert_bool
++install_requires = setuptools.dist:check_requirements
++extras_require = setuptools.dist:check_extras
++entry_points = setuptools.dist:check_entry_points
++exclude_package_data = setuptools.dist:check_package_data
++namespace_packages = setuptools.dist:check_nsp
++
++[egg_info.writers]
++PKG-INFO = setuptools.command.egg_info:write_pkg_info
++dependency_links.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:overwrite_arg
++entry_points.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:write_entries
++requires.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:write_requirements
diff -Nru setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/series setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/series
--- setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/series	2023-08-24 20:49:08.000000000 +0200
+++ setuptools-68.1.2/debian/patches/series	2023-09-27 17:52:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 no-sphinx-jaraco-tidelift.diff
 sphinx-theme.diff
 no-sphinx-hoverxref.diff
+add-bootstrap.egg-info.diff
diff -Nru setuptools-68.1.2/debian/rules setuptools-68.1.2/debian/rules
--- setuptools-68.1.2/debian/rules	2023-08-24 20:49:08.000000000 +0200
+++ setuptools-68.1.2/debian/rules	2023-09-28 15:00:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	dh_installchangelogs NEWS.rst
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
-#	# Keep entry_points, we need it to drive setup.py
-#	-mv setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt .
+	# Keep entry_points, we need it to drive setup.py
+	mv setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt .
 	dh_auto_clean
-#	mkdir -p setuptools.egg-info
-#	mv entry_points.txt setuptools.egg-info
+	mkdir -p setuptools.egg-info
+	mv entry_points.txt setuptools.egg-info
 
 	rm -rf .eggs docs/build