Index: setuptools-68.0.0/setuptools/_distutils/sysconfig.py
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--- setuptools-68.0.0.orig/setuptools/_distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ setuptools-68.0.0/setuptools/_distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -246,9 +246,13 @@ def get_python_lib(plat_specific=0, stan
if os.name == "posix":
if plat_specific or standard_lib:
- # Platform-specific modules (any module from a non-pure-Python
- # module distribution) or standard Python library modules.
- libdir = getattr(sys, "platlibdir", "lib")
+ # Python 3.8 doesn't have sys.platlibdir
+ if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+ libdir = get_config_var("platsubdir") or "lib"
+ else:
+ # Platform-specific modules (any module from a non-pure-Python
+ # module distribution) or standard Python library modules.
+ libdir = getattr(sys, "platlibdir", "lib")
else:
# Pure Python
libdir = "lib"
