setuptools 75.0.1 breaks numpy.distutils test

[kenodegard]

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What happened?

With the recent update of setuptools, numpy.distutils no longer works and produces errors:

We have already attempted to address this in conda-build, e.g.:

conda-build/conda_build/_load_setup_py_data.py

Lines 92 to 100 in 433f048

	try:
	# numpy.distutils deprecated in Python 3.12+
	# see https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/distutils_status_migration.html
	import numpy.distutils.core
	numpy_setup = numpy.distutils.core.setup
	numpy.distutils.core.setup = setup
	except ImportError:
	log.debug("Failed to import numpy for setup patch. Is numpy installed?")

What else should we, can we do here?

See the recipe that breaks when using numpy 2.0.1 + setuptools 75.1.0 for more context.

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[kenodegard]

the error is bubbling up from here:

conda-build/conda_build/jinja_context.py

Lines 181 to 203 in 433f048

	try:
	_setuptools_data = _load_setup_py_data.load_setup_py_data(
	setup_file,
	from_recipe_dir=from_recipe_dir,
	recipe_dir=recipe_dir,
	work_dir=m.config.work_dir,
	permit_undefined_jinja=permit_undefined_jinja,
	)
	except (TypeError, OSError):
	# setup.py file doesn't yet exist. Will get picked up in future parsings
	pass
	except ImportError as e:
	if permit_undefined_jinja:
	log.debug(
	"Reading setup.py failed due to missing modules. This is probably OK, "
	"since it may succeed in later passes. Watch for incomplete recipe "
	"info, though."
	)
	else:
	raise CondaBuildException(
	"Could not render recipe - need modules "
	f'installed in root env. Import error was "{e}"'
	)