Merge pull request #570 from elfosardo/pin-setuptools

🐛 Pin setuptools during image build

prepare-image.sh

@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ if [[ "$INSTALL_TYPE" == "source" ]]; then
     # NOTE(dtantsur): pip is a requirement of python3 in CentOS
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     dnf install -y python3-pip $BUILD_DEPS
-    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir pip==24.1
+    # NOTE(elfosardo): pinning pip and setuptools version to avoid
+    # incompatibilities and errors during packages installation;
+    # versions should be updated regularly, for example
+    # after cutting a release branch.
+    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir pip==24.1 setuptools==74.1.2
 
     IRONIC_PKG_LIST_FINAL="/tmp/ironic-${INSTALL_TYPE}-list-final"