[Pythonmac-SIG] StandAlone Python Application Does not Release Python

[Jack Jansen]

On 20 Aug 2004, at 23:44, Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Aug 20, 2004, at 5:24 PM, Bob Swerdlow wrote:
>
>> I'm building a stand-alone Python application using PyObjC 1.1 and 
>> Python
>> 2.3 on Panther.  We've run into a problem: when we make a new 
>> release, the
>> users find that they cannot copy it over the old release, even after 
>> they
>> have quit the application - the Finder reports "The operation cannot 
>> be
>> completed because the item 'Python' is in use."
>
> I think this has something to do with the fact that bundlebuilder uses 
> a script stub that is execve'd.  You should try using the PyObjC Xcode 
> template until there is a release of py2app or bundlebuilder2 that 
> uses a proper executable stub.

BobI,
could you explain, please? Someone else reported a similar problem 
(with Idle, I think?) where he/she also couldn't remove Python because 
it was in use, about half a year ago. At that time we never found out 
what the problem was...

And, BobS, is there anything in your setup that could be considered out 
of the ordinary? Such as not running on HFS+ or over a network, or 
anything else you can think of?
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