From 1b87ea4af0990f5690b50679a9ac58555c85a4aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davis King <davis@dlib.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 19:31:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] update build rules to work with latest python build
 practices

---
 .github/workflows/build_python.yml | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
index 9860b9c7fc..ea26935e33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       run: |
         pip3 install cmake==3.24.0
-        python setup.py build
-        python setup.py install --user
+        pip install .
     - name: Test
       run: python -m pytest --ignore docs --ignore dlib
 
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       run: pip install pytest numpy
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        python setup.py build
-        python setup.py install --user
+        pip install .
     - name: Test
       run: python -m pytest --ignore docs --ignore dlib
 
@@ -73,8 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 #     run: pip3 install pytest numpy
 #   - name: Build
 #     run: |
-#       python3 setup.py build
-#       python3 setup.py install --user
+#       pip install .
 #   - name: Test
 #     run: python3 -m pytest --ignore docs --ignore dlib
 

From 7c7bb1795ba62325f50066b4d9315b32d3c1db70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davis King <davis@dlib.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 19:35:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] try this

---
 .github/workflows/build_python.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
index ea26935e33..d40b261c3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       run: |
         pip3 install cmake==3.24.0
-        pip install .
+        pip3 install .
     - name: Test
       run: python -m pytest --ignore docs --ignore dlib
 

From e090d17e02f0309083bc2ce0b18d5fd7191a9387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davis King <davis@dlib.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 19:36:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add cmake

---
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a301221f0..bf3839967b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "packaging"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "packaging", "cmake"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"