[BUG] vendored importlib.metadata of setuptools 60.9.0 fails with 'PathDistribution' object has no attribute '_normalized_name'

setuptools version

setuptools==60.9.0

Python version

3.7.1

OS

Linux

Additional environment information

Pip freeze

argcomplete==1.12.3
colorlog==6.6.0
distlib==0.3.4
filelock==3.4.2
importlib-metadata==4.2.0
nox==2022.1.7
packaging==21.3
pip==22.0.3
platformdirs==2.5.0
py==1.11.0
pyparsing==3.0.7
setuptools==60.9.0
six==1.16.0
typing_extensions==4.1.1
virtualenv==20.13.1
wheel==0.37.1
zipp==3.7.0

Description

If I use the below python dependencies (mainly virtualenv, setuptools and importlib.metadata), setuptools fails with an error.

It works fine with the previous version of setuptools and newer versions of importlib.metadata. It seems like, that the current vendored version of importlib.metadata is not compatible with my environment.

Expected behavior

It should work fine

How to Reproduce

1. Install the above dependencies
2. Run nox -s

Output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/runpy.py", line 183, in _run_module_as_main
    mod_name, mod_spec, code = _get_module_details(mod_name, _Error)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/runpy.py", line 142, in _get_module_details
    return _get_module_details(pkg_main_name, error)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/runpy.py", line 109, in _get_module_details
    __import__(pkg_name)
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .run import cli_run, session_via_cli
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from .plugin.creators import CreatorSelector
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/creators.py", line 6, in <module>
    from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.builtin_way import VirtualenvBuiltin
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/builtin_way.py", line 7, in <module>
    from virtualenv.create.creator import Creator
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/create/creator.py", line 15, in <module>
    from virtualenv.discovery.cached_py_info import LogCmd
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/discovery/cached_py_info.py", line 23, in <module>
    _CACHE[Path(sys.executable)] = PythonInfo()
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py", line 86, in __init__
    self.distutils_install = {u(k): u(v) for k, v in self._distutils_install().items()}
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py", line 152, in _distutils_install
    d = dist.Distribution({"script_args": "--no-user-cfg"})  # conf files not parsed so they do not hijack paths
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 456, in __init__
    for ep in metadata.entry_points(group='distutils.setup_keywords'):
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/_vendor/importlib_metadata/__init__.py", line 1003, in entry_points
    return SelectableGroups.load(eps).select(**params)
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/_vendor/importlib_metadata/__init__.py", line 453, in load
    ordered = sorted(eps, key=by_group)
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/_vendor/importlib_metadata/__init__.py", line 1001, in <genexpr>
    dist.entry_points for dist in unique(distributions())
  File "/root/git/empty_test/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/_vendor/importlib_metadata/_itertools.py", line 16, in unique_everseen
    k = key(element)
AttributeError: 'PathDistribution' object has no attribute '_normalized_name'

[mardiros]

Same issue, running Python 3.7.3 and poetry@latest.

Downgrade to setuptools==60.8.2 fix the issue.

[armanckeser]

I have the same issue, the setup is failing python 3.7.1 with poetry