py2app semi-standalone semi-works

[James Stroud]

Dave Opstad wrote:
> In article <ulMUg.13149$7I1.6975 at newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
>  James Stroud <jstroud at mbi.ucla.edu> wrote:
>>I am trying to create a semi-standalone with the vendor python on OS X 
>>10.4 (python 2.3.5). I tried to include some packages with both 
>>--packages from the command and the 'packages' option in setup.py. While 
>>the packages were nicely included in the application bundle in both 
>>cases (at Contents/Resources/lib/python2.3/), they were not found by 
>>python when the program was launched, giving the error:
>>
>>     "ImportError: No module named [whatever module]"
> 
> You might want to have a setup.cfg file in addition to the setup.py 
> file. I've found that helps ensure the relevant packages and includes 
> make it into the bundled application.
> 
> For example, say you have a package named fred and also a separate 
> module named george that are needed for your app. Your setup.cfg could 
> look like this:
> 
> #
> # setup.cfg
> #
> 
> [py2app]
> packages=fred
> includes=george
> 
> You can also have a section for [py2exe] if needed; that way, if there 
> are modules that your Windows build needs that the Mac build doesn't (or 
> vice versa), you can just include them where needed.
> 
> Dave

Hi Dave,

Thank your for pointing me to setup.cfg. I make standalones for windows, 
linux, and OS X, so it will definitely help take some of the confusion 
out of my setup.py.

However, when passing trying to build semi-standalone, the module does 
make it into the application bundle, but the python interpreter doesn't 
seem to know where to find it. Is there something I can specify in 
setup.cfg or setup.py that will point the interpreter to the included 
module, or will I need to make another test and programmatically set 
sys.path inside of my python code? If this is solved by setup.cfg, then 
forgive me--I haven't had a chance to try it yet.

Below is the relevant part of my setup.py.

James

=====
APP = ['%s.py' % appname]
DATA_FILES = []
OPTIONS = {
              'argv_emulation'    : True,
              'strip'             : True,
              'packages'          : packages,
              'iconfile'          : '%s.icns' % appname,
           }

if not os.path.exists('dist'):
   setup(
       app=APP,
       name=appname,
       data_files=DATA_FILES,
       options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
       setup_requires=['py2app'],
   )
else:
   print 'Directory "dist" exists. Doing nothing.'
=====


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