AttributeError: module 'distutils.sysconfig' has no attribute '_init_posix'

[arossert]

Error on the latest distutils

Collecting pcapy
  Using cached pcapy-0.11.4.tar.gz (37 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [6 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
        File "/tmp/pip-install-3hwz7mz1/pcapy_78572af867a84aadad6f1c4be2d457c3/setup.py", line 49, in <module>
          save_init_posix = sysconfig._init_posix
      AttributeError: module 'distutils.sysconfig' has no attribute '_init_posix'
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

Seems like the _init_posix was removed since it is an internal function it is not promised to stay the same, any chance fixing it?
pypa/setuptools#3220