Hmm, gross.
I can see exactly where in PyInstaller’s code this error is being raised. Here <https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/blob/59883973838a09c9a55eceb2c4ba466d90786bd4/bootloader/src/pyi_python.c#L35> it tries to locate this Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag configuration variable, and following through to the definition of the DECLVAR() macro here <https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/blob/59883973838a09c9a55eceb2c4ba466d90786bd4/bootloader/src/pyi_python.h#L206-L213> you can see the error being raised. I notice the docs for the flag <https://docs.python.org/3.8/c-api/init.html#c.Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag> disappears if you rewind back to Python 3.6 but that flag must still be there or everyone would be experiencing issues with Python 3.6. And I can confirm that it’s still present in my python36.dll using: import ctypes print(ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_int).from_address(ctypes.addressof(ctypes.pythonapi.Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag)).contents) which would raise an AttributeError if it didn’t exist (otherwise prints 1 if running Python with the -B option). What I really don’t understand is why only this one user is seeing it. The only thing I can think of is said user has another incompatible copy of python36.dll in PATH which is being read instead. Could you ask them to run where python* in the command prompt and tell you if there’s anything else there? Could you also build a simple print("hello") app in --onedir mode using your environment and upload it somewhere I can inspect it? Brénainn -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/47fe2a63-5408-44df-b47f-94beed3bb2c1n%40googlegroups.com.
