Py2exe error messages

[Ray]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Python22>pyt hon setup.py py2exe --icon EXE icon
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 7, in ?
scripts = ["wxApp1.py"],
File "C:\Python22\di stutils\core.py ", line 101, in setup
_setup_distribu tion = dist = klass(attrs)
File "C:\Python22\di stutils\dist.py ", line 130, in __init__
setattr(self, method_name, getattr(self.me tadata, method_name))
AttributeError: DistributionMet adata instance has no attribute
'get___doc__'

This is the error message I'm getting when I try to run
This is my setup script:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(name = 'Notebook',
version = '0.1',
description = 'Simple Text Editor',
author = 'Ray Sleeper',
author_email = 's********@hotm ail.com',
url = ' ',
scripts = ["wxApp1.py"],
I'm using Python2.2 and Boa0.2.3 if that helps
Why am I getting this error message?

[Giles Brown]

"Ray" <su*******@hotm ail.com> wrote in message news:<ma******* *************** **************@ python.org>...

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Python22>pyt hon setup.py py2exe --icon EXE icon
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 7, in ?
scripts = ["wxApp1.py"],
File "C:\Python22\di stutils\core.py ", line 101, in setup
_setup_distribu tion = dist = klass(attrs)
File "C:\Python22\di stutils\dist.py ", line 130, in __init__
setattr(self, method_name, getattr(self.me tadata, method_name))
AttributeError: DistributionMet adata instance has no attribute
'get___doc__'

This is the error message I'm getting when I try to run

Hmmm. Have you taken a good look at the distutils/dist.py code?

On my 2.2.2 installation the nearest match (which strangely isn't
line exactly on line 130) is this chunk of code:

"""
# Store the distribution meta-data (name, version, author, and so
# forth) in a separate object -- we're getting to have enough
# information here (and enough command-line options) that it's
# worth it. Also delegate 'get_XXX()' methods to the 'metadata'
# object in a sneaky and underhanded (but efficient!) way.
self.metadata = DistributionMet adata()
for basename in self.metadata._ METHOD_BASENAME S:
method_name = "get_" + basename
setattr(self, method_name, getattr(self.me tadata, method_name))
"""

Don't know if I'm teach grandma to suck eggs here, but this
code it constructing a metadata sub-object and "stealing" certain
"get" functions from it to pass off as its own. The list of
attributes that it is prepared to get is taken from
Distribution._M ETHOD_BASENAMES (in the same file).

Looking at the version of this from my installation I see:

'''
class DistributionMet adata:
"""Dummy class to hold the distribution meta-data: name, version,
author, and so forth.
"""

_METHOD_BASENAM ES = ("name", "version", "author", "author_ema il",
"maintainer ", "maintainer_ema il", "url",
"license", "descriptio n", "long_descripti on",
"keywords", "platforms" , "fullname", "contact",
"contact_email" , "licence")
'''

This leads to the question where is the loop in the extract above
getting the "__doc__" from that is using to build the method name?

You may want to inspect your the distutils code in your python installation
(and maybe put a few print statements into it) to investigate.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Giles