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authorChristian Heimes <christian@python.org>2022-07-25 13:50:46 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-07-25 13:50:46 (GMT)
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gh-85454: Remove distutils documentation (#95239)
Most places now refer to setuptools or link to setuptools documentation. Some examples like zipapp need to be updated later.
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diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst
index 80c0dc0..580cbd8 100644
--- a/Doc/using/configure.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ Main files of the build system
* :file:`pyconfig.h` (created by :file:`configure`);
* :file:`Modules/Setup`: C extensions built by the Makefile using
:file:`Module/makesetup` shell script;
-* :file:`setup.py`: C extensions built using the :mod:`distutils` module.
+* :file:`setup.py`: C extensions built using the ``setuptools`` package.
Main build steps
----------------
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 7d2fcb5..1025c14 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -1187,11 +1187,10 @@ shipped with PyWin32. It is an embeddable IDE with a built-in debugger.
cx_Freeze
---------
-`cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ is a :mod:`distutils`
-extension (see :ref:`extending-distutils`) which wraps Python scripts into
-executable Windows programs (:file:`{*}.exe` files). When you have done this,
-you can distribute your application without requiring your users to install
-Python.
+`cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ is a ``distutils``
+extension which wraps Python scripts into executable Windows programs
+(:file:`{*}.exe` files). When you have done this, you can distribute your
+application without requiring your users to install Python.
Compiling Python on Windows