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+From 1d583ecd2d6376252fcced66068a2482fec0dfbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Soumya Sambu <soumya.sambu@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:26:35 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] setup.py: import setup from setuptools instead of distutils
+
+Upstream-Status: Inactive-Upstream [lastcommit: 2016-04-24]
+last commit - https://github.com/danielrichman/strict-rfc3339/commit/abbccd3645d0a34dcbaba55436485951a3b3309c
+
+Signed-off-by: Soumya Sambu <soumya.sambu@windriver.com>
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index a49fb8e..5279707 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ import os.path
+-from setuptools._distutils.core import setup
++from setuptools import setup
+
+ readme_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.md')
+ readme = open(readme_file).read()
+--
+2.40.0
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+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+
+SRC_URI += "\
+ file://0001-setup.py-import-setup-from-setuptools-instead-of-dis.patch"