Bugs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Heller wrote: >> Changes in this release: >> * py2exe can now bundle binary extensions and dlls into the >> library-archive or the executable itself. This allows to >> finally build real single-file executables. >> The bundled dlls and pyds are loaded at runtime by some special >> code that emulates the Windows LoadLibrary function - they are >> never unpacked to the file system. >> > > Wow, that is fantastic Thomas, congratulations! > > So far, I've only seen where Thinstall has been able to accomplish > this and at STEEP licensing cost, not free and open-source like py2exe!
At least there is (or was) a shareware tool named PEBundle, which promised to do something similar. Haven't used it myself, though. > Can this technology be applied to other platforms? Hehe. No idea - I don't know enough about shared libraries. > Could this all be modified in such a way that other scripting > languages could take advantage of your bundling technology? Maybe, but I don't use other scripting languages. But doesn't tcl have a pretty advanced packer? And perl? > Thanks! You're welcome, Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
