Replace distutils.spawn with shutil.which

pyproject.toml

@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ sphinx-rtd-theme = "^2"
 autodocsumm = "^0.2"
 docutils = "^0.20"
 jinja2 = "<3.2.0"
+# setuptools is not needed for building the docs in RTD,
+# but it is needed for running the doctests as an
+# undeclared dependency of m2r2.
+# https://github.com/CrossNox/m2r2/issues/63
 setuptools = "^69"
 
 

tests/integration_tests/api/auth_methods/test_ldap.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import distutils.spawn
+import shutil
 import logging
 from unittest import TestCase, SkipTest
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class TestLdap(HvacIntegrationTestCase, TestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         # The mock LDAP server requires Java runtime
-        if not distutils.spawn.find_executable("java"):
+        if not shutil.which("java"):
             raise SkipTest("The mock LDAP server requires Java runtime")
 
         try:

tests/utils/hvac_integration_test_case.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from tests.utils import get_config_file_path, create_client, is_enterprise
 from tests.utils.server_manager import ServerManager
-import distutils.spawn
+import shutil
 from hvac import Client
 
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class HvacIntegrationTestCase:
     def setUpClass(cls):
         """Use the ServerManager class to launch a vault server process."""
         config_paths = [get_config_file_path("vault-tls.hcl")]
-        if distutils.spawn.find_executable("consul") is None and cls.enable_vault_ha:
+        if shutil.which("consul") is None and cls.enable_vault_ha:
             logging.warning(
                 "Unable to run Vault in HA mode, consul binary not found in path."
             )

tests/utils/server_manager.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import hcl
 import typing as t
 
-import distutils.spawn
+import shutil
 from unittest import SkipTest
 from tests.utils import (
     get_config_file_path,
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def start_vault(
         self, *, consul_config: dict = None, attempt=1, max_attempts=3, delay_s=1
     ):
         """Launch the vault server process and wait until its online and ready."""
-        if distutils.spawn.find_executable("vault") is None:
+        if shutil.which("vault") is None:
             raise SkipTest("Vault executable not found")
 
         with PortGetter() as g:
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def start_vault(
     def start_consul(
         self,
     ) -> str:
-        if distutils.spawn.find_executable("consul") is None:
+        if shutil.which("consul") is None:
             raise SkipTest("Consul executable not found")
 
         with PortGetter() as g: