Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py2app query from a naif

2010-05-29 Thread Christopher Barker

William R. Wing (Bill Wing) wrote:


I know from reading other py2app exchanges on this list that I can't
distribute Apple's binary, and eventually I'll have to replace it with
one from python.org, but I'd like to get py2app running before I tackle
that hurdle.



What am I missing?  Can anyone please help?


partly because of the re-distribution issue, Py2app is set up NOT to 
bundle Apple's Python, so trying to get py2app working with Apple's 
python is a waste of time, if what you want is a bundle with Python 
included.


If you want a re-distributable app bundle, install the Python2.6 from 
Python org, install all the packages you need, get your app running 
there, install py2app into that Python, then build away.


That's really the way to do it.

-Chris


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[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app query from a naif

2010-05-29 Thread William R. Wing
I'm trying to get py2app working so I can distribute a python application I've 
written for OS-X.  I finally succeeded in getting py2app to run to completion 
with no errors, and it produces an output bundle with the right name and a cute 
icon.

The recipe for success in getting that far was to override python 2.6's default 
behavior in OS X and force it to run in 32-bit mode using the "defaults 
write." command in Apple's python man page.

However, the output .app runs ONLY on the system on which it was created.  
Taking it to another OS-X box (also Intel architecture, also running the same 
level of OS X (10.6.3), and also running python2.6, but as it came from Apple 
(still 64-bit default), the .app won't run.  The error message in the system 
log isn't crystal clear - at least to me.  It is (this is a direct cut and 
paste) :

5/27/10 1:25:48 PM  EthernetError[5822] A Python runtime could be 
located.  You may need to install a framework build of Python, or edit the 
PyRuntimeLocations array in this application's Info.plist file

where "EthernetError" is the name of the application bundle that I'm trying to 
launch.  The error message does indeed say "A Python runtime could be located" 
(which I'd not think represented an error).  When I look at the plist file I 
see:

PyRuntimeLocations


@executable_path/../Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python


which looks ok, at least to me (who doesn't know what to look for).

I'm guessing that the error message should have been: "A Python runtime could 
NOT be located."  Since the output bundle that py2app created was only 283kB 
(which seems small to me if it really contains a universal binary of the python 
interpreter), this would be sort of self-consistent.

I know from reading other py2app exchanges on this list that I can't distribute 
Apple's binary, and eventually I'll have to replace it with one from 
python.org, but I'd like to get py2app running before I tackle that hurdle.

What am I missing?  Can anyone please help?

Thanks,
Bill
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