Workaround for bdist_wheel.dist_info_dir problems

Author: abravalheri

setuptools/dist.py

@@ -849,7 +849,13 @@ def _parse_command_opts(self, parser, args):
             args[:1] = shlex.split(alias, True)
             command = args[0]
 
-        nargs = _Distribution._parse_command_opts(self, parser, args)
+        try:
+            nargs = _Distribution._parse_command_opts(self, parser, args)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            if "--dist-info-dir" in args and "dist-info-dir not recognized" in str(ex):
+                nargs = self._workaround_dist_info_dir(parser, args)
+            else:
+                raise
 
         # Handle commands that want to consume all remaining arguments
         cmd_class = self.get_command_class(command)
@@ -860,6 +866,13 @@ def _parse_command_opts(self, parser, args):
 
         return nargs
 
+    def _workaround_dist_info_dir(self, parser, args):
+        # pypa/setuptools#4683
+        _IncompatibleBdistWheel.emit()
+        i = args.index("--dist-info-dir")
+        args = args[:i] + args[i + 2 :]  # Remove problematic arguments
+        return _Distribution._parse_command_opts(self, parser, args)
+
     def get_cmdline_options(self):
         """Return a '{cmd: {opt:val}}' map of all command-line options
 
@@ -953,3 +966,14 @@ def run_command(self, command):
 class DistDeprecationWarning(SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning):
     """Class for warning about deprecations in dist in
     setuptools. Not ignored by default, unlike DeprecationWarning."""
+
+
+class _IncompatibleBdistWheel(SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning):
+    _SUMMARY = "wheel.bdist_wheel is deprecated, please import it from setuptools"
+    _DETAILS = """
+    Ensure that any custom bdist_wheel implementation is a subclass of
+    setuptools.command.bdist_wheel.bdist_wheel.
+    """
+    _DUE_DATE = (2025, 10, 15)
+    # Initially introduced in 2024/10/15, but maybe too disruptive to be enforced?
+    _SEE_URL = "https://github.com/pypa/wheel/pull/631"