Installation issue - pkgutil subprocess error

Using Python v3.11 and v3.12 I get a pkugutil subprocess error:

pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [58 lines of output]
Collecting setuptools
Using cached setuptools-69.0.3-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.3 kB)
Collecting numpy==1.22.0
Using cached numpy-1.22.0.zip (11.3 MB)
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 'error'
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

    Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
    exit code: 1

    [33 lines of output]
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
        main()
      File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 335, in main
        json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 112, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
        backend = _build_backend()
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend
        obj = import_module(mod_path)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
        return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 994, in exec_module
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
      File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-3bn4w_t1\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
        import setuptools.version
      File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-3bn4w_t1\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\version.py", line 1, in <module>
        import pkg_resources
      File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-3bn4w_t1\overlay\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2172, in <module>
        register_finder(pkgutil.ImpImporter, find_on_path)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean: 'zipimporter'?
    [end of output]

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

Reproduce the installation on Python 3.11 and 3.12 using the dependency path that selects numpy==1.22.0. Trace the setuptools, pkg_resources, and pkgutil.ImpImporter failure shown in the pip build subprocess, then verify that installation completes without the reported traceback.