build 306 cannot build with python3.12 about pywin32

[Avasam]

@smanross that has been resolved in #2113 but isn't released yet.

If you need it, you can look at artefacts from the "CI" action: https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/actions/workflows/main.yml?query=is%3Asuccess+branch%3Amain

[Avasam]

@tangyinqi Do you have the full error log? The tests do run the install script on Python 3.12 (although not in debug mode), so I'm tempted to say it's likely an issue with your environment.

pywin32/.github/workflows/main.yml

Lines 19 to 40 in 371f784

	matrix:
	python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12-dev']
	architecture: ['x64', 'x86']
	steps:
	- uses: actions/checkout@v3
	- name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
	uses: actions/setup-python@v4
	with:
	python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
	architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
	- name: Setup environment
	run: |
	python --version
	pip --version
	pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
	- name: Build and install
	run: |
	python setup.py --skip-verstamp install --user

distutils was removed in python 3.12, which was still used in setup.py. So is that the reason?

setuptools stills vendors and patches-in distutils. So no I don't think so.

[smanross]

minor note as I was searching for bug notes before filing one as I found an issue in 306 using Python 3.12 on Windows... the imp module has been deprecated

imp is used in win32comext\axscript\client\pyscript.py at line 213 (in 306)

[Avasam]

Both #2169 and #2113 are merged.
The error shown by OP looks like issues related to missing the proper build tools on their environment. Please read https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/blob/main/build_env.md .

If you still have this issue, please provide a complete log.