[python-win32] Re: Python-win32 Digest, Vol 18, Issue 22

[Niki Spahiev]

Mark English wrote:

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>>From: Niki Spahiev <niki at vintech.bg>
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>>Mark English wrote:
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>>>The short version of this question is how do you include 
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>>binaries in a 
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>>>distribution without including their source ?
>>>
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>>[...]
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>>>If I use py2exe to compile a script which depends on this 
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>>package, it 
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>>>pulls in all the relevant parts just like I want, but of 
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>>course I end 
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>>>up with an executable rather than a "module distribution", and 
>>>presumably this would also be useless for Unix builds. I'm guessing 
>>>there's some easy way to do this which I haven't found yet, 
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>>so I'd be 
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>>>grateful for any insight.
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>>What is wrong with python setup.py bdist_wininst?
>>This is what pywin32 uses.
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> I still end up with a winzip file (executable) which contains only .py
> files, and no .pyd files.

When you declare all extension modules distutils will pack them too.

Niki Spahiev