Hello all,
I'm using PyInstsaller to package a command line application into a single
executable binary file. I'd like to codesign the application so that when a
user double clicks the executable, Terminal opens and runs the command and
the program exits, leaving the command output up in Terminal. This is the
default behavior of a Unix executable binary on Mac OS and that's how my
app works on my computer when it's created with PyInstaller.
When I transfer the app to another computer, double clicking the app
results in a "This file is damaged and should be moved to the Trash."
message. When I run the program from the command line using Terminal, it
works great.
Basically, I'd like to give other users the same ability to double click
the app and see the output, just like I have on my computer – and I thought
I'd have to codesign the binary to do that.
I found a thread or two on this list with similar questions but no
conclusive answers. It seems one person was able to codesign a Mac
application bundle, but their program was not a command line tool, and it
also used the "--onedir" flag and not the "--onefile" flag like I am.
Here's my question: *Is there a conclusive way to codesign a "--onefile"
Unix executable application for Mac?* I am unable to do this. If not, would
anyone have a recommendation on how to distribute a Python command line
executable tool on Mac?
Here are my steps that fail:
$ pyinstaller grow.spec
$ codesign -f -s "Developer ID Application: Jeremy Weinstein (<developer id
here>)" --entitlements ./entitlements.plist --deep dist/grow
dist/grow: replacing existing signature
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/codesign_allocate:
the __LINKEDIT segment does not cover the end of the file (can't be
processed) in: /Users/jeremydw/git/macgrow/dist/grow
dist/grow: the codesign_allocate helper tool cannot be found or used
*grow.spec:*
# -*- mode: python -*-
a = Analysis(['pygrow/bin/grow'],
pathex=['pygrow/', '/Users/jeremydw/git/macgrow',
'/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/'],
hiddenimports=['markdown', 'markdown.extensions'],
hookspath=None,
runtime_hooks=None)
a.datas += [
('VERSION', '/Users/jeremydw/git/macgrow/pygrow/grow/VERSION', 'DATA'),
('server/templates/error.html',
'/Users/jeremydw/git/macgrow/pygrow/grow/server/templates/error.html',
'DATA'),
]
pyz = PYZ(a.pure)
exe = EXE(pyz,
a.scripts,
a.binaries,
a.zipfiles,
a.datas,
name='grow',
debug=False,
strip=None,
upx=True,
console=True,
icon='macgrow/icon.icns')
*entitlements.plist*
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.inherit</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Thanks for any tips you might have!
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jeremydw
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