# Is it possible to use a local build backend?

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-local-build-backend/43630>\
**Category:** Python Help\
**Tags:** packaging-help\
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-local-build-backend/43630 "2024-01-19T15:50:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-local-build-backend/43630/5 "2024-01-22T08:15:06Z")

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> [PEP 517 Backend bootstrapping](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-517-backend-bootstrapping/789)

In this thread it becomes pretty clear that the only use case intended for backend-path is the bootstrapping use case, and indeed there is a check implemented that the backend-path must be relative to the project to be built and going up with specifying `../` paths leads to an exception unfortunately.

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