> Martin Zibricky <[email protected]> Mar 27 10:04PM +0100
> As you describe it, I'm confused as well:
> - never tried these options myself.
> - they are from time before unified interface pyinstaller.py
> How should be changed the behavior of these options?
> - should the --out point to directory where to put .log files, build and
> dist folders?
...
> - or rename '--out' to '--spec-dir' - directory where to put .spec file
> if it is created
> - and '--buildpath' rename to '--build-dir' - directory containing dirs
> 'build' and 'dist'
I did not realize these were obsolete or unused options.
They are in the doc! So they are gospel, yes? :-0
In editing, I noticed them and thought,
"oh, this would be useful with my Dropbox
dev setup" and tried them.
If you want my opinion, I would say you want to give the
developer control over where to put:
1. The final app, and I suggest
--distpath=path-to-leave-the-app
with the present default of ./dist
2. All the temporary work files, .pyz and etc. which
are bulky and should be deleted, I suggest
--workpath=path-to-stuff-nobody-keeps
with the present default of ./build
(I would put the .log files here too)
typical use: --workpath=/tmp/pyi
3. The spec file, which one might want to keep
with the source files, e.g. to commit to github.
I suggest --specpath=path-to-new-spec-file-place
with the present default of cwd.
Previous to 2.1, there are special cases for what to do
when cwd is the PyInstaller folder itself, then it makes
a _name_ folder for dist and build. But that should not
happen any more, now that PyInstaller is a proper
module -- right?
But what if that IS the case, should it throw an error,
"cannot build in module folder"?
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