Randy, Thanks for the background, always useful to know other's problems in case there's any overlap.
Eric On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 2:38 PM gpraceman <gprace...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric, > > I had been using PyInstaller to package up my Gtk3 app for years, on > Python 3.4. My problem came about when I needed to upgrade Gtk3 to a newer > version. Only way it seems to install Gtk3 on Windows, above Python 3.4, > is using MSYS2. MSYS2 only installs the latest version of Python > (3.7.3). It took some doing, but I was finally able to get Gtk3 working > on Python 3.7. However, PyInstaller would not package up the app. There > was no moving backwards to Python 3.6, with MSYS2, to give that a try. In > a web search, others reported issues packaging with 3.7, but were > successful if reverting to 3.6. As, I need to get my app delivered soon, I > chose to dive into the PyInstaller code and try to fix the packaging issues > with 3.7. > > Also, on my macOS machine, same app would not package on Python 3.7.3. I > got some "Security-Alert: try to store file outside of dist-directory" > error. Switched to Python 3.6.8 (thanks to pyenv) and PyInstaller was able > to package up the app. > > Not sure why the version of Python makes much of a difference with > PyInstaller, but it sure seems to. > > Randy > > On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 10:11:06 AM UTC-6, Eric Fahlgren wrote: >> >> Since you mention Py 3.7 specifically, I'm just curious as to how much of >> this you feel relates to Py 3.7? When I moved from 3.6.3 to 3.7.1 last >> October, it was pretty much painless, but we're using wxPython for gui and >> it has been very stable in this regard for years. Most of my PyInstaller >> drama comes from SciPy updates, which always seem to add or restructure >> some DLL import somewhere. >> >> On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:02 AM gpraceman <gpra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Man, what a pain in the butt it has been to get PyInstaller to work with >>> Python 3.7 on Windows 10, but I finally got my Gtk3+ app to package and run. >>> >>> First, I ran into a big issue with DLL's not being found. See Issue >>> #4125 <https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/4125>. To >>> resolve that issue, I had to download and install the dev version of >>> PyInstaller. Then I implemented the proposed changes from Pull #4240 >>> <https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/pull/4240>, including >>> htgoebel's proposed edits. Now, when I package my app, it finds all of the >>> needed DLL's. >>> >>> However, when running the packaged app, I got a "No module named >>> 'packaging.specifiers'" error. I had to edit the >>> site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py file. I replaced the __import__() >>> statements, lines 89-92, with regular import statements. Repackaged the >>> app and now it runs with no errors! That is a huge relief. >>> >>> Hopefully, this information will help someone. At a minimum, if should >>> serve to confirm that the changes in Pull #4240, along with the proposed >>> edits, do work and should be implemented. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "PyInstaller" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to pyins...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to pyins...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pyinstaller. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/84b4310f-436b-4e55-be52-577cf132a94d%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/84b4310f-436b-4e55-be52-577cf132a94d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PyInstaller" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pyinstaller+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to pyinstaller@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pyinstaller. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/f7103457-c708-4ce0-915e-0166fb991c39%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/f7103457-c708-4ce0-915e-0166fb991c39%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pyinstaller+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to pyinstaller@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pyinstaller. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/CAP2Qz%2BWuB4Lr97v2cOtAtGBcf5ids_S_gPhz9EPb_kHUx5Ecgg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
