What is cx_Freeze? cx_Freeze is a set of utilities for freezing Python scripts into executables using many of the techniques found in Thomas Heller's py2exe, Gordon McMillan's Installer and the Freeze utility that ships with Python itself. Where do I get it? http://starship.python.net/crew/atuining http://www.computronix.com/utilities.shtml (it may be a few days before the second site is updated) What's new? 1) Remove dependency on Python 2.2. Thanks to Paul Moore for not only pointing it out but providing patches. 2) Set up the list of frozen modules in advance, rather than doing it after Python is initialized so that implicit imports done by Python can be satisfied. The bug in Python 2.3 that demonstrated this issue has been fixed in the first release candidate. Thanks to Thomas Heller for pointing out the obvious in this instance! 3) Added additional base executable (ConsoleSetLibPath) to support setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable on Unix platforms and restarting the executable to put the new setting into effect. This is primarily of use in distributing wxPython applications on Unix where the shared library has an embedded RPATH value which can cause problems. 4) Small improvements of documentation based on feedback from several people. 5) Print information about the files written or copied during the freezing process. 6) Do not copy extensions when freezing if the path is being overridden since it is expected that a full Python installation is available to the target users of the frozen binary. 7) Provide meaningful error message when the wxPython library cannot be found during the freezing process. -- Anthony Tuininga anthony@computronix.com Computronix Distinctive Software. Real People. Suite 200, 10216 - 124 Street NW Edmonton, AB, Canada T5N 4A3 Phone: (780) 454-3700 Fax: (780) 454-3838 http://www.computronix.com