Cannot pip install if setuptools is too new

[boxydog]

I get the error shown below if I try with setuptools 67.2.0 or 67.6.1 (latest).

Install works if I install setuptools 57.5.0. (Got the idea from https://stackoverflow.com/a/71160711.)

I'm using python 3.10 on OS X Monterey.

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Failure:

$ pip install pyhash
Collecting pyhash
  Using cached pyhash-0.9.3.tar.gz (602 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [5 lines of output]
      .../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/config/setupcfg.py:520: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: The license_file parameter is deprecated, use license_files instead.
        warnings.warn(msg, warning_class)
      .../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/installer.py:27: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setuptools.installer is deprecated. Requirements should be satisfied by a PEP 517 installer.
        warnings.warn(
      error in pyhash setup command: use_2to3 is invalid.
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

Install:

$ python -m pip install 'setuptools~=57.5.0'

Success:

$ pip install pyhash
Collecting pyhash
  Using cached pyhash-0.9.3.tar.gz (602 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Building wheels for collected packages: pyhash
  Building wheel for pyhash (setup.py) ... done
  Created wheel for pyhash: filename=pyhash-0.9.3-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl size=238736 sha256=3da38e69439a77c4b96732c0a5a1c0df6931aeb53107ba2bc11891c330ba76d3
  Stored in directory: .../Library/Caches/pip/wheels/ec/fb/f9/713f04bcf2eb9e554d71037af1096c3d0355e8daebd144690b
Successfully built pyhash
Installing collected packages: pyhash
Successfully installed pyhash-0.9.3