Disable easy_install command and remove sandbox functionality.

newsfragments/2908.removal.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed support for the easy_install command including the sandbox module.

setuptools/command/easy_install.py

@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@
 )
 from setuptools import Command
 from setuptools.archive_util import unpack_archive
-from setuptools.command import bdist_egg, egg_info, setopt
+from setuptools.command import bdist_egg, setopt
 from setuptools.package_index import URL_SCHEME, PackageIndex, parse_requirement_arg
-from setuptools.sandbox import run_setup
 from setuptools.warnings import SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning, SetuptoolsWarning
 from setuptools.wheel import Wheel
 
@@ -424,33 +423,7 @@ def expand_dirs(self) -> None:
         self._expand_attrs(dirs)
 
     def run(self, show_deprecation: bool = True) -> None:
-        if show_deprecation:
-            self.announce(
-                "WARNING: The easy_install command is deprecated "
-                "and will be removed in a future version.",
-                log.WARN,
-            )
-        if self.verbose != self.distribution.verbose:
-            log.set_verbosity(self.verbose)
-        try:
-            for spec in self.args:
-                self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
-            if self.record:
-                outputs = self.outputs
-                if self.root:  # strip any package prefix
-                    root_len = len(self.root)
-                    for counter in range(len(outputs)):
-                        outputs[counter] = outputs[counter][root_len:]
-                from distutils import file_util
-
-                self.execute(
-                    file_util.write_file,
-                    (self.record, outputs),
-                    f"writing list of installed files to '{self.record}'",
-                )
-            self.warn_deprecated_options()
-        finally:
-            log.set_verbosity(self.distribution.verbose)
+        raise RuntimeError("easy_install command is disabled")
 
     def pseudo_tempname(self):
         """Return a pseudo-tempname base in the install directory.
@@ -1175,23 +1148,8 @@ def report_editable(self, spec, setup_script):
         python = sys.executable
         return '\n' + self.__editable_msg % locals()
 
-    def run_setup(self, setup_script, setup_base, args) -> None:
-        sys.modules.setdefault('distutils.command.bdist_egg', bdist_egg)
-        sys.modules.setdefault('distutils.command.egg_info', egg_info)
-
-        args = list(args)
-        if self.verbose > 2:
-            v = 'v' * (self.verbose - 1)
-            args.insert(0, '-' + v)
-        elif self.verbose < 2:
-            args.insert(0, '-q')
-        if self.dry_run:
-            args.insert(0, '-n')
-        log.info("Running %s %s", setup_script[len(setup_base) + 1 :], ' '.join(args))
-        try:
-            run_setup(setup_script, args)
-        except SystemExit as v:
-            raise DistutilsError(f"Setup script exited with {v.args[0]}") from v
+    def run_setup(self, setup_script, setup_base, args) -> NoReturn:
+        raise NotImplementedError("easy_install support has been removed")
 
     def build_and_install(self, setup_script, setup_base):
         args = ['bdist_egg', '--dist-dir']

setuptools/command/install.py

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import glob
 import inspect
 import platform
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, cast
-
-import setuptools
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar
 
 from ..dist import Distribution
 from ..warnings import SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning, SetuptoolsWarning
-from .bdist_egg import bdist_egg as bdist_egg_cls
 
 import distutils.command.install as orig
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsArgError
@@ -144,37 +140,7 @@ def _called_from_setup(run_frame):
         return False
 
     def do_egg_install(self) -> None:
-        easy_install = self.distribution.get_command_class('easy_install')
-
-        cmd = cast(
-            # We'd want to cast easy_install as type[easy_install_cls] but a bug in
-            # mypy makes it think easy_install() returns a Command on Python 3.12+
-            # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/18088
-            easy_install_cls,
-            easy_install(  # type: ignore[call-arg]
-                self.distribution,
-                args="x",
-                root=self.root,
-                record=self.record,
-            ),
-        )
-        cmd.ensure_finalized()  # finalize before bdist_egg munges install cmd
-        cmd.always_copy_from = '.'  # make sure local-dir eggs get installed
-
-        # pick up setup-dir .egg files only: no .egg-info
-        cmd.package_index.scan(glob.glob('*.egg'))
-
-        self.run_command('bdist_egg')
-        bdist_egg = cast(bdist_egg_cls, self.distribution.get_command_obj('bdist_egg'))
-        args = [bdist_egg.egg_output]
-
-        if setuptools.bootstrap_install_from:
-            # Bootstrap self-installation of setuptools
-            args.insert(0, setuptools.bootstrap_install_from)
-
-        cmd.args = args
-        cmd.run(show_deprecation=False)
-        setuptools.bootstrap_install_from = None
+        raise NotImplementedError("Support for egg-based install has been removed.")
 
 
 # XXX Python 3.1 doesn't see _nc if this is inside the class