With removal of distutils in python3.12 from setuptools._distutils.dep_util import newer_group does not seem to work in pegen

Bug report

Bug description:

# Add a code block here, if required

def compile_c_extension(
    generated_source_path: str,
    build_dir: Optional[str] = None,
    verbose: bool = False,
    keep_asserts: bool = True,
    disable_optimization: bool = False,
    library_dir: Optional[str] = None,
) -> pathlib.Path:
    """Compile the generated source for a parser generator into an extension module.

    The extension module will be generated in the same directory as the provided path
    for the generated source, with the same basename (in addition to extension module
    metadata). For example, for the source mydir/parser.c the generated extension
    in a darwin system with python 3.8 will be mydir/parser.cpython-38-darwin.so.

    If *build_dir* is provided, that path will be used as the temporary build directory
    of distutils (this is useful in case you want to use a temporary directory).

    If *library_dir* is provided, that path will be used as the directory for a
    static library of the common parser sources (this is useful in case you are
    creating multiple extensions).
    """
    import setuptools.command.build_ext
    import setuptools.logging
    from setuptools import Distribution, Extension
    from setuptools._distutils.ccompiler import new_compiler
    from setuptools._distutils.dep_util import newer_group
    from setuptools._distutils.sysconfig import customize_compiler

CPython versions tested on:

3.12
3.14

Operating systems tested on:

macOS

Start at the compile_c_extension entry point shown in the report and inspect the setuptools._distutils.dep_util import of newer_group under Python 3.12 and 3.14. Reproduce the macOS failure in pegen and identify the compatibility issue; done means the parser generator's extension compilation works on the tested Python versions.