[Pythonmac-SIG] Using getwcd() in a frozen app

Christopher Barker Chris.Barker at noaa.gov
Wed Apr 22 19:30:59 CEST 2009


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Smith, Jeff wrote:
> Thanks...that did the trick.

good, it wasn't totally clear to me that that was quite what it did!

> In case you are interested in the context, we have an automated build
> system that works across multiple platforms and use a frozen python app
> for some things.  We freeze it to avoid having to install Python on all
> the build machines.  We just added Mac to the list of platforms and the
> freezing tool that works on Linux and Windows (cx_Freeze) doesn't work
> on Mac so I am using py2app for that platform.

It sounds like you are done, but just in case, you might look into 
bbfreeze -- it works on all those platforms, and while it doesn't build 
app bundles on OS-X, it may work well for your use.

-Chris

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