[Pythonmac-SIG] Help with Py2app

[Charlie Clark]

Hi,

I'm trying to update the setup script for the LinkChecker project  
http://linkchecker.sourceforge.net/ because it no longer builds the app  
and does not work reliably in a virtualenv. I am hoping to build a  
standalone app and package it as a DMG as the project author no longer has  
access to Apple hardware.

The existing procedure is a bit convoluted in that it is actually driven  
by a makefile although `bin/python setup.py py2app` should in theory be  
sufficient. The existing setup.py is monolithic and fairly complicated so  
I tried to break out the py2app part into a separate script. When I did  
this and followed the py2app documentation it became clear that the script  
needs to be updated to use setuptools, at least for the extensions. My  
knowledge of writing setup scripts is extremely limited.

LinkChecker is a QT project and needs Python-SIP. Unfortunately I haven't  
worked out how the recipe works. Does the py2app automatically detect the  
dependency and build and package the shared libraries automatically?

Thanks for any help.

Charlie
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