Issues

• build_py does not handle when sys.implementation.cache_tag is None

  pypa/distutils#433 · Filter by author zooba opened on Oct 6, 2026

• Extension is unhashable since the dataclass conversion (#373) — breaks setup scripts that collect extensions in sets

  pypa/distutils#426 · Filter by author MohammedAlkindi opened on Aug 15, 2026

• Issue / incorrect assumption with distutils._modified.newer_pairwise (always found as inexistant?)

  pypa/distutils#411 · Filter by author Avasam opened on Jul 10, 2026

• Remove cross-compiler conditional initialization

  pypa/distutils#410 · Filter by author jaraco opened on Jul 5, 2026

• Setuptools fails to build C extensions on z/OS when using ibm-clang compiler

  pypa/distutils#407 · Filter by author KiarashIBM opened on May 25, 2026

• find_library_file doesn't handle openbsd shared library naming scheme

  pypa/distutils#396 · Filter by author sthen opened on Jan 22, 2026

• [BUG] C++ shared library linking fails on Ubuntu: -shared flag stripped in transformation block

  pypa/distutils#388 · Filter by author msftsiwei opened on Nov 25, 2025

• Avoid passing /EXPORT:PyInit_* to MSVC for Python 3.15+ (PEP 793)

  pypa/distutils#387 · Filter by author encukou opened on Nov 25, 2025
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• Compiler Inconsistency During python-ibmdb Installation on AIX 7.1 vs AIX 7.3

  pypa/distutils#380 · Filter by author Earammak opened on Oct 31, 2025
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• [Feature Request] Zig as cross-platform UnixCompiler

  pypa/distutils#369 · Filter by author K0lb3 opened on May 6, 2025

• [Feature Request] Public interface for _msvccompiler._get_vc_env

  pypa/distutils#340 · Filter by author ghost opened on Mar 11, 2025
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• Possible inaccuracy in extension typespec

  pypa/distutils#326 · Filter by author jaraco opened on Jan 20, 2025

• Use typeguard for runtime input validation.

  pypa/distutils#324 · Filter by author jaraco opened on Dec 27, 2024
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• Replace boolean parameter with two methods.

  pypa/distutils#323 · Filter by author jaraco opened on Dec 26, 2024

• Using alternative compiler on windows

  pypa/distutils#321 · Filter by author wmjb opened on Dec 8, 2024
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• Add proper Python licence and credits

  pypa/distutils#312 · Filter by author merwok opened on Nov 9, 2024

• Documented set_python_build function that is undefined?

  pypa/distutils#286 · Filter by author jakirkham opened on Aug 26, 2024
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• Tests crash on teardown using Python 3.13b2

  pypa/distutils#261 · Filter by author jaraco opened on Jun 26, 2024
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• AttributeError: module 'distutils' has no attribute 'dep_util'. Did you mean: 'dir_util'? -- however dep_util is included in distribution

  pypa/distutils#227 · Filter by author befeleme opened on Jan 18, 2024
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• [BUG] Curly brackets in pathname on VMware virtualenv mess up build process

  bughelp wanted
  pypa/distutils#281 · Filter by author veenstrajelmer opened on Nov 21, 2023
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• headers installed to a virtualenv are omitted from builds

  bughelp wantedNeeds Triage
  pypa/distutils#212 · Filter by author dlech opened on Aug 13, 2023
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• Allow overriding SYSROOT for e.g. cross-compilation

  pypa/distutils#194 · Filter by author thesamesam opened on Dec 6, 2022
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• CygwinCCompiler is never used

  pypa/distutils#185 · Filter by author naveen521kk opened on Oct 29, 2022
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• Better support of output directories

  pypa/distutils#175 · Filter by author jaraco opened on Aug 21, 2022
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• MSVC & SDK dirs suddenly hidden from compiler.include_dirs

  pypa/distutils#174 · Filter by author kxrob opened on Aug 21, 2022
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