py2exe compression not working with Python 2.5

[nikie]

Thomas Heller wrote:

> nikie schrieb:
> > When I try to compress the output of py2exe like this:
> >
> >   from distutils.core import setup
> >   import py2exe
> >
> >   setup(console=['hello.py'], options={"py2exe": {"compressed": 1}})
> >
> > I get strange error messages:
> >
> > Adding zlib.pyd to C:\tests\CanControllerTest\New Folder
> > (2)\dist\library.zip
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "setup.py", line 4, in <module>
> >     setup(console=['hello.py'], options={"py2exe": {"compressed": 1}})
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup
> >     dist.run_commands()
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
> >     self.run_command(cmd)
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command
> >     cmd_obj.run()
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 218,
> > in run
> >     self._run()
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 285,
> > in _run
> >     self.create_binaries(py_files, extensions, dlls)
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 591,
> > in create_
> > binaries
> >     bytes = zlib_file.read()
> > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'read'
> >
> > This is a standard Python 2.5 installation. Doing the same thing with
> > 2.4 works like a charm.
> >
> > Did I miss anything?
> >
> Patches for this have been posted to the py2exe-users list.

Doh, should have looked there first...

Thanks a lot!