gentoo-overlay/app-admin/salt/files/salt-3005.1-importlib-metadata-5-r1.patch

diff --git a/salt/utils/entrypoints.py b/salt/utils/entrypoints.py
index 3effa0b494..9452878ade 100644
--- a/salt/utils/entrypoints.py
+++ b/salt/utils/entrypoints.py
@@ -38,13 +38,20 @@ def iter_entry_points(group, name=None):
     entry_points_listing = []
     entry_points = importlib_metadata.entry_points()
 
-    for entry_point_group, entry_points_list in entry_points.items():
-        if entry_point_group != group:
-            continue
-        for entry_point in entry_points_list:
+    try:
+        for entry_point in entry_points.select(group=group):
             if name is not None and entry_point.name != name:
                 continue
             entry_points_listing.append(entry_point)
+    except AttributeError:
+        # importlib-metadata<5.0.0
+        for entry_point_group, entry_points_list in entry_points.items():
+            if entry_point_group != group:
+                continue
+            for entry_point in entry_points_list:
+                if name is not None and entry_point.name != name:
+                    continue
+                entry_points_listing.append(entry_point)
 
     return entry_points_listing