Build failure: python312Packages.pyarrow

[mweinelt]

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. build python312Packages.pyarrow (currently on staging-next)

Build log

pyarrow> -- Found Python3: /nix/store/dqsflsigjcxisziiynrxlbsm2y71m4bq-python3-3.12.2/bin/python3.12 (found version "3.12.2") found components: Interpreter Development.Module NumPy 
pyarrow> CMake Error at cmake_modules/FindPython3Alt.cmake:77 (message):
pyarrow>   Python 3 config failure:
pyarrow> 
pyarrow>   Traceback (most recent call last):
pyarrow> 
pyarrow>     File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
pyarrow> 
pyarrow>   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
pyarrow> 
pyarrow> Call Stack (most recent call first):
pyarrow>   CMakeLists.txt:262 (find_package)
pyarrow> 
pyarrow> 
pyarrow> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
pyarrow> error: command '/nix/store/9walp7knvqvmnpp9pqwjsdpnx2524ack-cmake-3.28.3/bin/cmake' failed with exit code 1

Additional context

Upstream provides Python 3.12 wheels on PyPi. https://pypi.org/project/pyarrow/

I need this for home-assistants Python 3.12 migration by end of March 2024 at the latest.

Notify maintainers

@cpcloud @veprbl

Metadata

Issue exists on c15db11

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[SuperSandro2000]

We can patch https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/cpp/cmake_modules/FindPython3Alt.cmake#L70 to use https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/python/setup.py#L29

Also the linked issue at https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/cpp/cmake_modules/FindPython3Alt.cmake#L68C4-L68C55 is fixed since 4 years.

[mweinelt]

Thanks for the sleuthing. Fix incoming.

[SuperSandro2000]

Just did the same in the background 740418c and opened apache/arrow#40322