'--record plist' doesn't record a complete plist
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Description
```setup.py --record plist install``` is supposed to record all installed files into the file ```plist```.
However, this file only gets 363 files of 708 actually installed files.
The FreeBSD ports system relies on python's ```--record plist``` feature for autoplist in port.
**Reporter**: [Yuri](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-16821) / @yurivict
**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-16821](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-16821). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*
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Research direction
Start by locating the setup.py install path that handles `--record plist` and compare the recorded entries with the files installed by the same command. Reproduce the reported `setup.py --record plist install` case, then verify that the plist contains all installed files rather than only 363 of 708.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100