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Fails to install with distutils 59.1.0 #15

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@nijel

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Installation fails with distutils 59.1.0:

   Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    File "/tmp/pip-install-2zi1n0lu/python-akismet_915ecaab43fa40119c0ad12ce5d89261/setup.py", line 280, in <module>
      setup(
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 153, in setup
      return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
      dist.run_commands()
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
      self.run_command(cmd)
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 292, in run
      writer(self, ep.name, os.path.join(self.egg_info, ep.name))
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 656, in write_pkg_info
      metadata.write_pkg_info(cmd.egg_info)
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/distutils/dist.py", line 1117, in write_pkg_info
      self.write_pkg_file(pkg_info)
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 167, in write_pkg_file
      write_field('Summary', single_line(self.get_description()))
    File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.8/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 151, in single_line
Error:       raise ValueError('Newlines are not allowed')
  ValueError: Newlines are not allowed

This is already fixed in 13e4502, but not yet released to PyPI...

What I Did

pip install python-akismet

See Also

pypa/setuptools#2870

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