awxkit - requires deprecated pkg_resources

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Bug Summary

Trying to use awxkit with python 3.12. It installs but then fails on startup: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/gitlab-runner/.local/bin/awx", line 3, in <module> from awxkit.cli import run File "/home/gitlab-runner/.local/share/pipx/venvs/awxkit/lib/python3.12/site-packages/awxkit/cli/__init__.py", line 9, in <module> from .client import CLI File "/home/gitlab-runner/.local/share/pipx/venvs/awxkit/lib/python3.12/site-packages/awxkit/cli/client.py", line 5, in <module> import pkg_resources ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Looks like pkg_resources has been deprecated: https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/deprecated/pkg_resources.html

Injecting a version of setuptools < v82.0.0 seems to work.

AWX version

24.6.1

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Installation method

kubernetes

Modifications

no

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Operating system

ubuntu24.04

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Steps to reproduce

pip3 install awxkit awx

Expected results

awx is not crashing on start.

Actual results

awx cli is crashing. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/gitlab-runner/.local/bin/awx", line 3, in <module> from awxkit.cli import run File "/home/gitlab-runner/.local/share/pipx/venvs/awxkit/lib/python3.12/site-packages/awxkit/cli/__init__.py", line 9, in <module> from .client import CLI File "/home/gitlab-runner/.local/share/pipx/venvs/awxkit/lib/python3.12/site-packages/awxkit/cli/client.py", line 5, in <module> import pkg_resources ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

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