Need help in fixing the following error, I get the following error when I run the GitHub Action workflow,

Error:

Collecting python-lorem==1.3.0.post1 (from -r requirements.txt (line 160))
  Downloading python-lorem-1.3.0.post1.tar.gz (11 kB)
  Installing build dependencies: started
  Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
  Getting requirements to build wheel: started
  Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'error'
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [72 lines of output]
      /tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py:478: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: Invalid dash-separated options
      !!
      
              ********************************************************************************
              Usage of dash-separated 'description-file' will not be supported in future
              versions. Please use the underscore name 'description_file' instead.
      
              By 2024-Sep-26, you need to update your project and remove deprecated calls
              or your builds will no longer be supported.
      
              See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/declarative_config.html for details.
              ********************************************************************************
      
      !!
        opt = self.warn_dash_deprecation(opt, section)
      running dist_info
      creating /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info
      writing /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info/PKG-INFO
      writing dependency_links to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
      writing requirements to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info/requires.txt
      writing top-level names to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info/top_level.txt
      writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      reading manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
      warning: no previously-included files matching '.DS_Store' found anywhere in distribution
      warning: no files found matching '*.rst' anywhere in distribution
      no previously-included directories found matching '.eggs'
      no previously-included directories found matching '.github'
      no previously-included directories found matching '.venv'
      no previously-included directories found matching 'docs'
      no previously-included directories found matching 'temp'
      adding license file 'LICENSE'
      writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      creating '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-smol75bu/python_lorem-1.3.0.post1.dist-info'
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.4/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.4/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.4/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 149, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
          return hook(metadata_directory, config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 368, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
          self.run_setup()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 313, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 200, in <module>
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 103, in setup
          return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 184, in setup
          return run_commands(dist)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 200, in run_commands
          dist.run_commands()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
          self.run_command(cmd)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 976, in run_command
          super().run_command(command)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 988, in run_command
          cmd_obj.run()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/command/dist_info.py", line 97, in run
          bdist_wheel = self.get_finalized_command('bdist_wheel')
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py", line 302, in get_finalized_command
          cmd_obj = self.distribution.get_command_obj(command, create)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-4qus16wk/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 862, in get_command_obj
 cmd_obj = self.command_obj[command] = klass(self)
                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^
      TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
      [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.
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Workflow:

name: Run Unit Tests

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - "*"
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  execute-unit-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
        - name: Checkout code
          uses: actions/checkout@v4
        - name: Set up Python
          uses: actions/setup-python@v5
          with:
            python-version: '3.12'
        - name: Cache Python packages
          uses: actions/cache@v3
          with:
            path: ~/.cache/pip
            key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
            restore-keys: |
              ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
        - name: Install dependencies
          run: |
            python -m pip install --upgrade pip
            if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
        - name: Set PYTHONPATH
          run: echo "PYTHONPATH=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
        - name: Run unittest
          run: |
            python tests/gcp/test_slack.py

requirements.txt:

setuptools==70.1.0 ; python_version >= "3.11" and python_version < "3.13"
python-lorem==1.3.0.post1 ; python_version >= "3.11" and python_version < "3.13"

I see that python-lorem is causing the issue but couldn’t fix it. Is there is anyway to fix this issue. Is this a bug?

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