build: add workaround for WSL

gengjiawen · targos · commit 49e7f042f9bd · 2019-11-05T10:10:44.000+01:00
Signed-off-by: gengjiawen <technicalcute@gmail.com> PR-URL: #30221 Fixes: #30189 Reviewed-By: Christian Clauss <cclauss@me.com> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
@@ -282,6 +282,11 @@ $ ./configure
 $ make -j4
 ```
 
+If you run into a `No module named 'distutils.spawn'` error when executing
+`./configure`, please try `python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools` or
+`sudo apt install python3-distutils -y`.
+For more information, see https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/30189.
+
 The `-j4` option will cause `make` to run 4 simultaneous compilation jobs which
 may reduce build time. For more information, see the
 [GNU Make Documentation](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel.html).
