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diff --git a/docs/changelog/2880.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2880.bugfix.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2ab4c11c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/changelog/2880.bugfix.rst @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +When building a ``wheel`` or ``editable`` package with a PEP 517 backend, no +longer pass an empty ``metadata_directory`` to the backend ``build_wheel`` or +``build_editable`` endpoint. + +Some backends, such as PDM and poetry, will not generate package metadata in +the presence of a ``metadata_directory``, even if it is empty. + +Prior to this change, attempting to install a wheel created by tox using PDM or +poetry would return an error like "There is no item named +'my-package.0.1.dist-info/WHEEL' in the archive" - by :user:`masenf`. |