3.12 support and no setuptools/wheel on 3.12+ (#2558)

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py
index 28861f9..ed220dc 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ class PythonActivator(ViaTemplateActivator):
     def replacements(self, creator, dest_folder):
         replacements = super().replacements(creator, dest_folder)
         lib_folders = OrderedDict((os.path.relpath(str(i), str(dest_folder)), None) for i in creator.libs)
+        lib_folders = os.pathsep.join(lib_folders.keys()).replace("\\", "\\\\")  # escape Windows path characters
         replacements.update(
             {
-                "__LIB_FOLDERS__": os.pathsep.join(lib_folders.keys()),
+                "__LIB_FOLDERS__": lib_folders,
                 "__DECODE_PATH__": "",
             },
         )
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/base_embed.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/base_embed.py
index 65f2b97..80a3364 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/base_embed.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/base_embed.py
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ class BaseEmbed(Seeder, metaclass=ABCMeta):
             self.enabled = False
 
     @classmethod
-    def distributions(cls):
+    def distributions(cls) -> dict[str, Version]:
         return {
             "pip": Version.bundle,
             "setuptools": Version.bundle,
             "wheel": Version.bundle,
         }
 
-    def distribution_to_versions(self):
+    def distribution_to_versions(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         return {
             distribution: getattr(self, f"{distribution}_version")
             for distribution in self.distributions()
-            if getattr(self, f"no_{distribution}") is False
+            if getattr(self, f"no_{distribution}") is False and getattr(self, f"{distribution}_version") != "none"
         }
 
     @classmethod
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ class BaseEmbed(Seeder, metaclass=ABCMeta):
             default=[],
         )
         for distribution, default in cls.distributions().items():
+            if interpreter.version_info[:2] >= (3, 12) and distribution in {"wheel", "setuptools"}:
+                default = "none"
             parser.add_argument(
                 f"--{distribution}",
                 dest=distribution,
                 metavar="version",
-                help=f"version of {distribution} to install as seed: embed, bundle or exact version",
+                help=f"version of {distribution} to install as seed: embed, bundle, none or exact version",
                 default=default,
             )
         for distribution in cls.distributions():
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ class BaseEmbed(Seeder, metaclass=ABCMeta):
             default=not PERIODIC_UPDATE_ON_BY_DEFAULT,
         )
 
-    def __repr__(self):
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
         result = self.__class__.__name__
         result += "("
         if self.extra_search_dir:
@@ -103,7 +105,10 @@ class BaseEmbed(Seeder, metaclass=ABCMeta):
         for distribution in self.distributions():
             if getattr(self, f"no_{distribution}"):
                 continue
-            ver = f"={getattr(self, f'{distribution}_version', None) or 'latest'}"
+            version = getattr(self, f"{distribution}_version", None)
+            if version == "none":
+                continue
+            ver = f"={version or 'latest'}"
             result += f" {distribution}{ver},"
         return result[:-1] + ")"
 
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/util/path/_sync.py b/src/virtualenv/util/path/_sync.py
index f0e0173..a81f82b 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/util/path/_sync.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/util/path/_sync.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
+import sys
 from stat import S_IWUSR
 
 
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ def safe_delete(dest):
         else:
             raise
 
-    shutil.rmtree(str(dest), ignore_errors=True, onerror=onerror)
+    kwargs = {"onexc" if sys.version_info >= (3, 12) else "onerror": onerror}
+    shutil.rmtree(str(dest), ignore_errors=True, **kwargs)
 
 
 class _Debug: