[skip ci] Optimize pkg-resources patch (#37438)

### Ticket
N/A

Post emergency hotfix cleanup

- [x] APC U22
https://github.com/tenstorrent/tt-metal/actions/runs/21839059370/job/63018125565
- [x] APC U24
https://github.com/tenstorrent/tt-metal/actions/runs/21839308247

Author: nsextonTT

create_venv.sh

@@ -299,15 +299,21 @@ PYTORCH_INDEX="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"
 
 if [ "$OS_ID" = "ubuntu" ] && [ "$OS_VERSION" = "22.04" ]; then
     echo "Ubuntu 22.04 detected: force pip/setuptools/wheel versions"
-    uv pip install --extra-index-url "$PYTORCH_INDEX" setuptools wheel==0.45.1
+    uv pip install --extra-index-url "$PYTORCH_INDEX" \
+        --index-strategy unsafe-best-match \
+        setuptools==80 wheel==0.45.1
 else
     echo "$OS_ID $OS_VERSION detected: updating wheel and setuptools to latest"
-    uv pip install --upgrade wheel setuptools
+    uv pip install --upgrade wheel setuptools==80
 fi
 
 echo "Installing dev dependencies"
 # Use --extra-index-url for PyTorch CPU wheels and index-strategy for transitive deps
-uv pip install --extra-index-url "$PYTORCH_INDEX" --index-strategy unsafe-best-match -r "$(pwd)/tt_metal/python_env/requirements-dev.txt"
+# no-build-isolation as a workaround for setuptools/mmcv
+uv pip install --extra-index-url "$PYTORCH_INDEX" \
+    --index-strategy unsafe-best-match \
+    --no-build-isolation \
+    -r "$(pwd)/tt_metal/python_env/requirements-dev.txt"
 
 echo "Installing tt-metal"
 uv pip install -e .

dockerfile/Dockerfile

@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ FROM ci-build AS ci-test
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=22.04
 ARG TT_METAL_INFRA_DIR=/opt/tt_metal_infra
 
-# needed for setuptools dep tree
-RUN apt install python3-pkg-resources
-
 # Create directories for infra
 RUN mkdir -p ${TT_METAL_INFRA_DIR}/tt-metal/docs/
 RUN mkdir -p ${TT_METAL_INFRA_DIR}/tt-metal/tests/sweep_framework/
@@ -125,6 +122,9 @@ COPY /tools/triage/requirements.txt ${TT_METAL_INFRA_DIR}/tools/triage/requireme
 # Configure PyTorch CPU index and install Python packages using uv
 # index-strategy unsafe-best-match is used to avoid pulling in transitive dependencies
 # that are not explicitly listed in the requirements.txt files
+# no-build-isolation is for pulling in pkg_resources from the system package
+# which setuptools removed in version 82. The old setuptools wheels apparently
+# do not automatically pull in pkg_resources
 RUN umask 000 && \
     uv pip install --no-cache --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu torch && \
     uv pip install --index-strategy unsafe-best-match --no-cache --no-build-isolation -r ${TT_METAL_INFRA_DIR}/tt-metal/tt_metal/python_env/requirements-dev.txt && \

install_dependencies.sh

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ init_packages() {
                 "python3-dev"
                 "python3-pip"
                 "python3-venv"
+                "python3-pkg-resources" # needed for setuptools
                 "libhwloc-dev"
                 "libnuma-dev"
                 "libatomic1"