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On Jun 10, 11:34 am, Mike Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something, but I can rename the executables I create
using py2exe 0.6.6 to anything I want after they're created.
Or are you talking about a Windows installer for the py2exe module
itself? Where are you finding this 0.6.8 version anyway? I can't find
it onwww.py2exe.org
Anyway, what Thomas is talking about is that the only way to create a
usable installer of py2exe on Windows is to use the same compiler that
the Python you are using. As I understand it, Python 2.4 and 2.5 used
Visual Studio 2003. I think 2.3 used VS6. I have both, so I can try to
compile an installer for any of those versions if you can link me to
the source.
Mike
Python Extension Building Network: http:\\www.pythonlibrary.org
The issue with renaming executables only applies to single-file
executables, i.e. ones created with zipfile = None as an argument to
setup() and --bundle 1 as a command line argument. This is a known
issue as of 0.6.6: http://py2exe.org/index.cgi/ProblemsToBeFixed
I found sources for 0.6.8 on CVS at: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=15583
A Windows installer for the 0.6.8 py2exe module would be ideal, but
somehow I doubt that's going to happen anytime soon since there hasn't
been a new installer since 2006. If you are willing to build that for
me (since I don't have VS) I'd really appreciate it : ) I'm using 32-
bit WinXP on this computer.
About every two weeks this "issue" pops up. Question: Why is is so important to
package everything into a single file? There are no Windows applications (that
I'm aware of) that ship as single files. Many of them consist of hundreds and
in some cases 'thousands' of files. Now if you want to DISTRIBUTE a single
setup.exe file, that makes sense to me. Use py2exe without the single file
option and ship a setup.exe file created by Inno Installer. Problem solved.
You will thank me when you want to include: registry entries, shortcuts,
documentation, configuration files, etc. in the distribution.
-Larry
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