sys.path on the command line includes the MySQLdb egg, sys.path on CGI does not manually updating the CGI sys.path at runtime to match the CLI sys.path does not help platform.python_build reports ...

These are the things you need to do to fix ‘Command “python setup.py egg_info” failed with error code 1’ When Installing Python. Make sure to follow the instructions in the given order.

Microsoft updates its Python extension for VS Code with fixes for two security flaws and easier interpreter selection.