Pip crash in python3.12

[ghost]

So, pip was just working a moment ago and I did python3.12 -m pip install colorama and it worked. Now, when I did pip install bcrypt its failing. Now, even python3.12 -m pip freeze is failing.

Bug report

python3.12 -m pip freeze
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 160, in exc_logging_wrapper
    status = run_func(*args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/freeze.py", line 87, in run
    for line in freeze(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/freeze.py", line 42, in freeze
    for dist in dists:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/metadata/base.py", line 664, in <genexpr>
    return (d for d in it if d.canonical_name not in skip)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/metadata/base.py", line 612, in iter_all_distributions
    for dist in self._iter_distributions():
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/metadata/importlib/_envs.py", line 178, in _iter_distributions
    yield dist
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/metadata/importlib/_envs.py", line 144, in find_eggs
    yield from self._find_eggs_in_dir(location)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/metadata/importlib/_envs.py", line 111, in _find_eggs_in_dir
    from pip._vendor.pkg_resources import find_distributions
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3251, in <module>
    @_call_aside
     ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3235, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3277, in _initialize_master_working_set
    tuple(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3278, in <genexpr>
    dist.activate(replace=False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2785, in activate
    declare_namespace(pkg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2284, in declare_namespace
    _handle_ns(packageName, path_item)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2201, in _handle_ns
    loader = importer.find_module(packageName)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'zipimporter' object has no attribute 'find_module'. Did you mean: 'load_module'?

Your environment

• CPython versions tested on: Python 3.12.0a3+ (Python 3.12.0a3+ (heads/main:f10f503b24, Dec 29 2022, 10:45:07) [GCC 12.2.0] on linux)
• Operating system and architecture: Linux kali-linux 6.1.0-kali9-amd64 Support "bpo-" in Misc/NEWS #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.27-1kali1 (2023-05-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux

[ghost]

This problem is in my home PC. As a side note, I have faced this problem in VPS as well which has debian. So I guess this issue applies to debain distro and more. I dont know whats the trigger. Actually I ran two commands. python3.12 -m pip install colorama and python3.12 -m pip install mysql-connector-python. This error appeared at python3.12 -m pip install bcrypt. Here's my command line history

[AlexWaygood]

This is a pip issue, not a CPython issue. It looks like it's probably a duplicate of these:

• AttributeError: 'zipimporter' object has no attribute 'find_module'. Did you mean: 'load_module'? pypa/pip#11793
• pip list fails on Python 3.12a5 on Windows with AttributeError pypa/pip#11844
• pip's vendored pkg_resources should stop using pkgutil.ImpImporter pypa/pip#11501

[ghost]

How to fix pip freeze and pip install not working though. It was working before. Couldnt find a solution in those duplicates @AlexWaygood

[AlexWaygood]

You'll need to ask the pip maintainers that question. This is the CPython issue tracker, not the pip issue tracker, and I'm not a pip maintainer. If you've read through the above issues and still haven't found an answer to your question, my advice is to ask it at pypa/pip#11501.