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build: add workaround for No module named 'distutils.spawn' #30221

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build: add workaround for WSL
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Moved the workaround to the configure section
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Expand Up @@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below.
systems. Issues that only reproduce on WSL should be reported in the
[WSL issue tracker](https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues). Running the
Windows binary (`node.exe`) in WSL is not recommended. It will not work
without workarounds such as stdio redirection.
without workarounds such as stdio redirection.
If you run into a `No module named 'distutils.spawn'` error when executing
`./configure`, please try `python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools` or
`sudo apt install python3-distutils -y`.
For more information, see https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/30189.
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<em id="fn6">6</em>: Running Node.js on x86 Windows should work and binaries
are provided. However, tests in our infrastructure only run on WoW64.
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