In installer, when discovering egg dists, let metadata discovery search each egg.

jaraco · jaraco · commit e6f9ee941156 · 2025-05-14T22:12:47.000-04:00
Closes #4998
diff --git a/newsfragments/4998.bugfix.1.rst b/newsfragments/4998.bugfix.1.rst
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+In installer, when discovering egg dists, let metadata discovery search each egg.
diff --git a/setuptools/installer.py b/setuptools/installer.py
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ def _fetch_build_egg_no_warn(dist, req):  # noqa: C901  # is too complex (16)  #
     if dist.dependency_links:
         find_links.extend(dist.dependency_links)
     eggs_dir = os.path.realpath(dist.get_egg_cache_dir())
-    cached_dists = metadata.Distribution.discover(
-        path=glob.glob(f'{eggs_dir}/*.egg/EGG-INFO')
-    )
+    cached_dists = metadata.Distribution.discover(path=glob.glob(f'{eggs_dir}/*.egg'))
     for egg_dist in cached_dists:
         if _dist_matches_req(egg_dist, req):
             return egg_dist

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