[BUG] The new version 70.0.0 creates the following exception when I execute my tool:Traceback (most recent call last): File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 158, in <module> File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 36, in _pyi_rthook File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 419, in exec_module File "pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 77, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources.extern' [14522] Failed to execute script 'pyi_rth_pkgres' due to unhandled exception! I switch back to 69.5.1 for now.

[kleve-ops]

setuptools version

70.0.0

Python version

3.11.1

OS

sles12

Additional environment information

No response

Description

The new version 70.0.0 creates the following exception when I execute my tool:Traceback (most recent call last): File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 158, in File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 36, in _pyi_rthook File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 419, in exec_module File "pkg_resources/init.py", line 77, in ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources.extern' [14522] Failed to execute script 'pyi_rth_pkgres' due to unhandled exception! I switch back to 69.5.1 for now.

Expected behavior

Normal app start

How to Reproduce

Run a single file app with was build via 70.0.0

Output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 158, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 36, in _pyi_rthook
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 419, in exec_module
  File "pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 77, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources.extern'
[14522] Failed to execute script 'pyi_rth_pkgres' due to unhandled exception!

[abravalheri]

Hi @kleve-ops, this seems to be a duplicate of #4374.

Please have a look at that thread to understand the root cause of the problem and the available solutions.