> --------------------------------------------------------
>  File "setup.py", line 22, in <module>
>    from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages
> ImportError: No module named setuptools
>  * ERROR: sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16 failed (compile phase):
>  *   Building failed with CPython 2.7 in distutils_building() function
>  *
>  * Call stack:
>  *     ebuild.sh, line   56:  Called src_compile
>  *   environment, line 5094:  Called do_python
>  *   environment, line 1389:  Called distutils_src_compile
>  *   environment, line 1238:  Called python_execute_function
> 'distutils_building'
>  *   environment, line 3662:  Called die
>  * The specific snippet of code:
>  *                       die "${failure_message}";
>  *
> * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info
> =sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16',
>  * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv
> =sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16'.
>  * The complete build log is located at
> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16/temp/build.log'.
>  * The ebuild environment file is located at
> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16/temp/environment'.
>  * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16/work/cracklib-2.8.16'
>
> >>> Failed to emerge sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16, Log file:
>
> >>>  '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16/temp/build.log'
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> My question is: how can I fix this mess?
>
> emerge --oneshot dev-python/setuptools would be a good start. (FWIW google
"cracklib No module named setuptools"...)