Merge pull request #2866 into main.

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+"""setuptools.errors
+
+Provides exceptions used by setuptools modules.
+"""
+
+from distutils import errors as _distutils_errors
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsError
+
+
+class RemovedCommandError(DistutilsError, RuntimeError):
+    """Error used for commands that have been removed in setuptools.
+
+    Since ``setuptools`` is built on ``distutils``, simply removing a command
+    from ``setuptools`` will make the behavior fall back to ``distutils``; this
+    error is raised if a command exists in ``distutils`` but has been actively
+    removed in ``setuptools``.
+    """
+
+
+# Re-export errors from distutils to facilitate the migration to PEP632
+
+ByteCompileError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsByteCompileError
+CCompilerError = _distutils_errors.CCompilerError
+ClassError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsClassError
+CompileError = _distutils_errors.CompileError
+ExecError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsExecError
+FileError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsFileError
+InternalError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsInternalError
+LibError = _distutils_errors.LibError
+LinkError = _distutils_errors.LinkError
+ModuleError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsModuleError
+OptionError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsOptionError
+PlatformError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsPlatformError
+PreprocessError = _distutils_errors.PreprocessError
+SetupError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsSetupError
+TemplateError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsTemplateError
+UnknownFileError = _distutils_errors.UnknownFileError
+
+# The root error class in the hierarchy
+BaseError = _distutils_errors.DistutilsError