setuptools.errors.InvalidConfigError

[Dvelezs94]

Hello. There is an issue going on with setuptools. Many (if not all) of my CICD pipelines are failing due to this issue.

Is there any known fix or workaround for this?

CICD step output

Run pip install ecs-deploy
Collecting ecs-deploy
  Downloading ecs-deploy-1.15.0.tar.gz (33 kB)
  Installing build dependencies: started
  Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
  Getting requirements to build wheel: started
  Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'error'
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [27 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.21/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
          main()
        File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.21/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 373, in main
          json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
        File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.21/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return hook(config_settings)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 334, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 304, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 522, in run_setup
          super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 3[20](https://github.com/Solar-Devs/uptinio/actions/runs/14039344658/job/39306165298#step:4:21), in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 24, in <module>
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 116, in setup
          _install_setup_requires(attrs)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 87, in _install_setup_requires
          dist.parse_config_files(ignore_option_errors=True)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 730, in parse_config_files
          self._parse_config_files(filenames=inifiles)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 599, in _parse_config_files
          opt = self._enforce_underscore(opt, section)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-9ke8r1_4/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 6[29](https://github.com/Solar-Devs/uptinio/actions/runs/14039344658/job/39306165298#step:4:30), in _enforce_underscore
          raise InvalidConfigError(
      setuptools.errors.InvalidConfigError: Invalid dash-separated key 'description-file' in 'metadata' (setup.cfg), please use the underscore name 'description_file' instead.
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

[Dvelezs94]

Update - there is a thread on setuptools github pypa/setuptools#4910.

[fabfuel]

I have released version 1.15.1. Can you confirm, that it works again?
https://pypi.org/project/ecs-deploy/1.15.1/

Best
Fabian