[Pythonmac-SIG] Error compiling with py2app

[Christopher Barker]

Dan Ross wrote:
> I'm having trouble with py2app all of a sudden. It stopped working with 
> 2.5 so I installed 2.6 today, hoping that may work.

well, I don't think any changes have been made for 26, so it's actually 
less likely to work!

> I'm attaching the text from when the error begins.

 > DistutilsFileError: can't copy > 
'/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/version.plist': 
doesn't exist or not a regular file

well, indeed, it doesn't look like that file exists. There is one in my 
2.5 distro:


$ cat 
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/version.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" 
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
         <key>BuildVersion</key>
         <string>1</string>
         <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
         <string>2.5alpha0</string>
         <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
         <string>2.5alpha0</string>
         <key>ProjectName</key>
         <string>Python</string>
         <key>ReleaseStatus</key>
         <string>alfa</string>
         <key>SourceVersion</key>
         <string>2.4a0</string>
</dict>
</plist>


I don't know where it came from, what it is used for, or why it is 
listing the version as "2.5alpha0", but you could try making a copy, 
changing "2.5" to "2.6", and putting it in your 2.6 distro.

I think you'll have better luck with 2.5, though.

-Chris



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