[bug] Missing pkgconfigdeps in Conan 1.52.0

[dheater]

Attempting to install wayland/1.21.0 fails with conan version 1.52.0 (released yesterday). It does work if I downgrade back to conan version 1.51.1.

Environment Details (include every applicable attribute)

• Operating System+version: Linux
• Compiler+version: gcc/11
• Conan version: 1.52
• Python version: 3.9.13

Steps to reproduce (Include if Applicable)

Run conan install wayland/1.22.0@ with conan version 1.52.0

Logs (Executed commands with output) (Include/Attach if Applicable)

# conan install wayland/1.21.0@
Configuration:
[settings]
arch=x86_64
arch_build=x86_64
build_type=Release
compiler=gcc
compiler.libcxx=libstdc++
compiler.version=11
os=Linux
os_build=Linux
[options]
[build_requires]
[env]

ERROR: wayland/1.21.0: Cannot load recipe.
Error loading conanfile at '/root/.conan/data/wayland/1.21.0/_/_/export/conanfile.py': Unable to load conanfile in /root/.conan/data/wayland/1.21.0/_/_/export/conanfile.py
  File "/opt/python/3.9.13/lib/python3.9/imp.py", line 171, in load_source
    module = _load(spec)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 711, in _load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 850, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/root/.conan/data/wayland/1.21.0/_/_/export/conanfile.py", line 5, in <module>
    from conan.tools.gnu.pkgconfigdeps.pc_files_creator import get_pc_files_and_content
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'conan.tools.gnu.pkgconfigdeps.pc_files_creator'; 'conan.tools.gnu.pkgconfigdeps' is not a package

[memsharded]

Duplicated of #12000?

[memsharded]

(in short, a recipe bug for using private, not documented Conan imports)

[franramirez688]

Hi @dheater

You can check this issue conan-io/conan-center-index#12722 where it's already opened the discussion. Hopefully, conan-io/conan-center-index#12771 will fix the problem very soon.

[dheater]

Close as duplicate