From e30640d701b5267c7bf308729b644f688b263e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dante Catalfamo <43040593+dantecatalfamo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 14:32:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of `distutils` in Building-Fleet (#17343)

Python >= 3.12 no longer ships with the `distutils` module out of the
box. It can be installed using `pip install setuptools`.

This may be fixed when updating node packages that rely on python, but
until then it may come up during `make deps`.

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/76691103
---
 docs/Contributing/Building-Fleet.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/Contributing/Building-Fleet.md b/docs/Contributing/Building-Fleet.md
index d9f3e57d6f..dd2365ad05 100644
--- a/docs/Contributing/Building-Fleet.md
+++ b/docs/Contributing/Building-Fleet.md
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ To do this, run the following from the root of the repository:
 make deps
 ```
 
+Note: If you are using python >= `3.12`, you may have to install `distutils` using pip.
+
+```sh
+pip install setuptools
+```
+or 
+```sh
+pip3 install setuptools
+```
+
 When pulling changes, it may be necessary to re-run `make deps` if a new Go or JavaScript dependency was added.
 
 ### Generating the packaged JavaScript