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cx_freeze support in addition to PyInstaller #465
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cx_freeze support
pukkandan
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| if frozen_with == 'cx_freeze': | ||
| return os.path.join(sys.executable, path) | ||
| elif frozen_with == 'PyInstaller': | ||
| return os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, path) |
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wouldn't it be easier to just do
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| if frozen_with == 'cx_freeze': | |
| return os.path.join(sys.executable, path) | |
| elif frozen_with == 'PyInstaller': | |
| return os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, path) | |
| return os.path.join(getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', sys.executable), path) |
That way, user can seemlessly switch between the two
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Is there some benefit from using cx_Freeze over PyInstaller? |
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I built my eel application using cx_freeze instead of PyInstaller, then realized that PyInstaller-specific variables were hardcoded into init.py. In the function _get_real_path, sys.frozen is used by both cx_freeze and PyInstaller. However, sys._MEIPASS is a variable that only PyInstaller uses (to store the current path of the folder). I added support to allow the users to say what their application is frozen with, during the eel.init(), with the variable frozen_with.