Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Kevin Walzer wrote:
>> The apps I've seen created by py2exe aren't single-file at all, the
>> install folder is full of files besides the main program. I'm
>> looking for a solution that stuffs all libraries, scripts, and the
>> Python runtime into one file.
Usually the bundle=1 option in py2exe can create a single file exe, but it also
allows to have a separate shared library.zip file, which is useful if you need
more than
one exe-file. With python 2.4, MSVCR71.dll is still required and not bundled.
There are
technical reasons ('booting' the exe) and maybe legal reasons for that.
> For full control, and truly single-binary executables, I recommend to
> use freeze itself. It takes a bit more work, but also gives better
> results.
I wonder if anyone is actually using freeze on Windows, with scripts that use,
say, pywin32 and wxPython.
I've said it before, and say it again: Creating real single-file exes or dlls
was a non-goal for py2exe. The goal was to be able to create in-process COM
servers which provide a python interpreter that is totally isolated from
possible
other interpreters running in the same process.
py2exe simulates a statically linked python interpreter together with statically
linked extension modules. So, it is very similar to what freeze creates.
Thomas
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