py2exe 0.3.1 hangs trying to remove build under Win98SE

[Doug Farrell]

Thomas,

Thanks for your reply, I'll try writing a setup.py script specifically
for my program and give it a try. I think I got it right in the one I
copied, but you never know. I'll give it a try as py2exe would be a
useful tool.

Thanks for your help,
Doug

"Thomas Heller" <theller at python.net> wrote in message news:<a79ljo$jksjs$1 at ID-59885.news.dfncis.de>...
> "Doug Farrell" <writeson at earthlink.net> wrote in message news:88bc63c6.0203191142.1926b089 at posting.google.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to package up a Python2.2 program that uses wxPython with
> > the py2exe system and I'm having no luck. I open up a DOS window (I'm
> > running Win98SE) and run the following command line:
> >
> > python pyexe.py myscript.py
> >
> > The pyexe.py setup script is something I got from ASPN that is a
> > generalized setup script for this purpose, I've listed it below:
> >
> > from distutils.core import setup
> > import sys, os, py2exe
> >
> > name = sys.argv[1]
> > sys.argv[1] = 'py2exe'
> >
> > sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(name)))
> >
> > setup(name=name[:-3], scripts=[name])
> >
> >
> > At the end of processing, I get the message:
> > removing 'build\bdist.win32\winexe' (and everything under it)
> >
> > At this point the DOS window hangs and never returns. In fact I have
> > trouble killing it with the Task Manager. In addition, at this point
> > Windows Explorer no longer runs, it comes up, but the window frame is
> > empty. I have to reboot my machine to get full control back.
> >
> 
> Doug, I cannot reproduce this (at least with a trivial script under Win98SE).
> One thing I noted when I tried this: the build script cannot have the
> name 'py2exe.py', because in this case 'import py2exe' imports your
> compile script! You should rename it to something like 'compile.py',
> and be sure to delete any py2exe.pyc or py2exe.pyo which may have been
> created. I think this was mentioned in the ASPN recipe.
> 
> > The script does create the dist directory where I expect it and there
> > is a myscript.exe and accompanying DLL's and such there. But if I try
> > to run that program, a DOS window comes up with various tracebacks in
> > it about not being able to import various modules. The myscript.py
> > file runs fine in the interpreter. Anyone have any idea what's going
> > on here? I'm runnig py2exe version 0.3.1, so I have the latest.
> >
> Depending on the modules your script uses, py2exe may have problems
> finding them. You should specify them to be included with the --includes
> or --packages flag.
> 
> Thomas