setuptools version

setuptools==71.0.0

Python version

Python 3.8

OS

Linux

Additional environment information

No response

Description

CI jobs started tripping when using setuptools 71, released two hours ago.

• Setup: Fix package installation woes with setuptools/backports.tarfile, and PyInstaller crate/cratedb-toolkit#201

Expected behavior

CI builds work as expected.

How to Reproduce

No reproducer yet, but a stacktrace on GHA.

Output

ImportError: cannot import name 'tarfile' from 'backports' 
  (/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.18/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/backports/__init__.py)

-- https://github.com/crate/cratedb-toolkit/actions/runs/9982521975/job/27589490156?pr=196#step:6:229