py2exe, library.zip and python.exe

[Thomas Heller]

Martin Evans schrieb:
> I have converted a Python script using py2exe and have it set to not bundle 
> or compress. The result is my exe and all the support files including 
> library.zip (exactly as planned - nice job py2exe).
> 
> Question:  My py2exe application needs to be able to execute extra copies of 
> python.exe. I have placed python.exe in the same directory. It obviously 
> picks up the main python24.dll but how can I configure things so that it 
> would use the same library.zip for all the library files?  This would save 
> me having two sets of files.
> 
> (The py2exe application happens to be a twisted server app running as a 
> service which has the ability to launch python scripts as a logged on user)
> 
> Thanks,  Martin.
> 
> 
You have to put library.zip on sys.path.  Maybe you could create a site.py file
in that directory which can do this, I assume the python.exe will try to load that.

There may be other possibilities as well.

Thomas