From d44533740c7084000819f1146537c38738ac9f00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aryasadeghi1 <aryasadeghi@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:19:42 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [Build] Update build process to use PEP 517 frontend for
 wheel and source distribution

---
 Dockerfile.nanoserver         |  5 +++--
 scripts/release/pypi/build.sh | 11 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile.nanoserver b/Dockerfile.nanoserver
index b7ac434ebf4..84c4e751dc1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nanoserver
+++ b/Dockerfile.nanoserver
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ WORKDIR azure-cli
 USER ContainerUser
 
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install wheel
+# `build` is the PEP 517 frontend used to build the wheels below.
+RUN pip install wheel build
 
 SHELL ["pwsh.exe", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ foreach($f in $folder) \
 { \
     try { \
         Push-Location $f; \
-        & python.exe setup.py bdist_wheel -d $wheels; \
+        & python.exe -m build --wheel --no-isolation --outdir $wheels; \
     } \
     finally { \
         Pop-Location \
diff --git a/scripts/release/pypi/build.sh b/scripts/release/pypi/build.sh
index 6ec8ea7ea1b..6857dbc9b70 100755
--- a/scripts/release/pypi/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/pypi/build.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ echo "Branch $branch"
 echo "Search setup files from `pwd`."
 python --version
 
-# Cap setuptools<81: 81 removes setup.py --dry-run and changes distutils command signatures (82 removes pkg_resources); `python setup.py bdist_wheel` below relies on setup.py.
-pip install -U pip "setuptools<81" wheel
+# Cap setuptools<81: setuptools 82 removes pkg_resources, which azure-cli still declares as a
+# runtime dependency. The builds below go through the PEP 517 frontend, but --no-isolation means
+# they use this setuptools too.
+# `build` is that frontend.
+pip install -U pip "setuptools<81" wheel build
 pip list
 
 script_dir=`cd $(dirname $BASH_SOURCE[0]); pwd`
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ fi
 
 for setup_file in $(find src -name 'setup.py' | grep -v azure-cli-testsdk); do
     pushd `dirname $setup_file`
-    python setup.py bdist_wheel -d $BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY
-    python setup.py sdist -d $BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY
+    python -m build --wheel --no-isolation --outdir $BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY
+    python -m build --sdist --no-isolation --outdir $BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY
     popd
 done