[libgpiod][PATCH 1/9] bindings: python: build_tests: do not fallback to distutils

Vincent Fazio
2026-04-01T00:18:05Z

Make the assumption that the build host has setuptools>=60.2.0 which
exposes the logging module and remove references to distutils.

This conforms to setuptools' logging recommendation [0].

[0]: https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/deprecated/distutils-legacy.html#prefer-setuptools
Signed-off-by: Vincent Fazio <vfazio@gmail.com>
---
bindings/python/build_tests.py | 17 +++--------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bindings/python/build_tests.py b/bindings/python/build_tests.py
index ebe1727..6375b29 100644
--- a/bindings/python/build_tests.py
+++ b/bindings/python/build_tests.py
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import glob
import tempfile
from os import getenv, path

-from setuptools import Distribution, Extension
+from setuptools import Distribution, Extension, logging
from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext

+logging.configure()
+
TOP_SRCDIR = getenv("TOP_SRCDIR", "../../")
TOP_BUILDDIR = getenv("TOP_BUILDDIR", "../../")

@@ -77,19 +79,6 @@ dist = Distribution(
}
)

-try:
- from setuptools.logging import configure
-
- configure()
-except ImportError:
- try:
- from distutils.log import DEBUG, set_verbosity
-
- set_verbosity(DEBUG)
- except ImportError:
- # We can still build the tests, it will just be very quiet.
- pass
-
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="libgpiod-") as temp_dir:
command = build_ext(dist)
command.inplace = True
--
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