On 06/02/2007 0.01, Don Dwiggins wrote:

> I'm using a single file build, with UPX, to create an application A 
> that's started from another application B (this is in Windows XP). 
> Looking at the process tree with Process Explorer, I see Process B, with 
> two processes for A; this is what I expect from the PyInstaller 
> documentation.
> 
> When B exits, the "driver" process for A exits as expected.  However, 
> the main application remains alive, now showing as an "orphan".  Is this 
> a bug, or is there something I can do to make the main application go away?
> 
> Thanks for any good words,

This is not strictly a PyInstaller problem, but rather a Windows problem:
http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0698/win320698.aspx
caused by the fact that in Windows the processes are not really in a 
parent/child relationship.

Alas, there does not seem to exist a solution that can be totally encapsulated 
within PyInstaller.
-- 
Giovanni Bajo


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