zope.interface: FTBFS: ImportError: cannot import name 'Feature' from 'setuptools' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py)

[Brian Murray]

Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/959555:

Source: zope.interface
Version: 4.7.1-2
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS on amd64
Tags: bullseye sid ftbfs
Usertags: ftbfs-20200501 ftbfs-bullseye

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build
on amd64.

Relevant part (hopefully):
> fakeroot debian/rules clean
> dh clean --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
> dh: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
> debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean
> make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
> dh_auto_clean
> dh_auto_clean: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
> I: pybuild base:217: python3.8 setup.py clean
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "setup.py", line 26, in <module>
> from setuptools import setup, Extension, Feature
> ImportError: cannot import name 'Feature' from 'setuptools' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py)
> E: pybuild pybuild:352: clean: plugin distutils failed with: exit code=1: python3.8 setup.py clean
> dh_auto_clean: error: pybuild --clean -i python{version} -p 3.8 returned exit code 13
> make[1]: *** [debian/rules:67: override_dh_auto_clean] Error 25

The full build log is available from:
   http://qa-logs.debian.net/2020/05/01/zope.interface_4.7.1-2_unstable.log

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package zope.interface - 4.7.1-2ubuntu1

---------------
zope.interface (4.7.1-2ubuntu1) groovy; urgency=medium

  * Add upstream patch which removes the deprecated use of setuptools
    Features. (LP: #1892223)

 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:14:41 -0700