Importing packages not in library.zip with py2exe

[MyPetSlug]

Hello Guys,
Using Pythong 2.4 and py2exe 0.6.6. So, I've created a wxPython application that I use for testing. The idea is to have a tests directory so that every time the application starts, it looks in the directory and loads the tests it sees into a list it uses during runtime. So, I've got this working fine on my machine locally, but now I'm trying to get it working right with py2exe.

My problem is, if I include my 'tests" package in py2exe

package=["tests"]

, all my tests get included in my library.zip. This works, but then users can't easily create their own tests and have them be picked up by the app because the exe has to get regenerated every time before you can use the test.

So, I can tell py2exe not to include the package and just copy the directory over by hand, but then, when I try and import the package in my main file, I get an error "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute BLAH". I've tried appending to sys.path in my main file before I import the package, but that doesn't seem to work.

So, in py2exe is there any way to import a package not included in the library.zip?

[jlm699]

You can use a combo of package_dir and py_modules as below (where the packages I wanted to include in the distributable file were ../Common/[logfile, remoteCmd, and crc32])

setup(
  zipfile = None,
    # We use os.path.join for portability
    package_dir = {'': os.path.join('..', 'Common')},
    py_modules = ['logfile', 'remoteCmd', 'crc32'],
    windows = [
        {
            "script": "MyTool.py",
            "icon_resources": [(1, "MT.ico")],
            "other_resources": [(24,1,manifest)]
        }
    ],
)
 

[MyPetSlug]

You can use a combo of package_dir and py_modules as below (where the packages I wanted to include in the distributable file were ../Common/[logfile, remoteCmd, and crc32])

setup(
  zipfile = None,
    # We use os.path.join for portability
    package_dir = {'': os.path.join('..', 'Common')},
    py_modules = ['logfile', 'remoteCmd', 'crc32'],
    windows = [
        {
            "script": "MyTool.py",
            "icon_resources": [(1, "MT.ico")],
            "other_resources": [(24,1,manifest)]
        }
    ],
)
 

Sorry, but this didn't seem to make a difference. I added the tests directory as a "package_dir" and added it as a "py_modules", but then I still got the same error when I tried to start the app when it tries to import tests. Perhaps it would help if I gave more detail and I'll add my setup.py at the end.

One more complicating factor may be my directory structure. My tests package actually contains several sub packages. So, my __init__.py for tests looks like this.

__all__=["ANSI", "ETSI"]

and then there's an ANSI and ETSI directory, which from there, each has their own sub-directories with their own __init__.py. When I try to start the app, it says "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ANSI'". So, I assume there's a problem with my path in py2exe seeing as how tests is not in library.zip. As I said, this all works fine interpreting the python locally, but might there be anything special I have to do in my __init__.py as well?

Full setup.py with only personal information removed

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
import os
import sys
 
setup(name="isupConformance",
      options = {"py2exe": {
                          "compressed": 1,
                          "optimize": 2,
                          #"packages": ["tests"],
                          "dll_excludes": ["w9xpopen.exe"],
                          "ascii": 1,
                          "bundle_files": 1,
                      }},
      #packages=["tests"],
      package_dir = {'' : 'c:\\Python24\\Scripts\\Isup Conformance\\tests'},
      py_modules=["GUI", "isupConfChassis", "isupConfSmta", "isupConfTest", "mgtsCtrl", "mgtsDevice", "sequence", "tests"],
      windows=
      [
          {
              "script": "gui.py",
              "icon_resources": [(1, "wi0124-64.ico")],
              "dest_base": "ISUP Conformance"
          }
      ],
      )

[MyPetSlug]

Does anyone know how to import packages not included in the py2exe library.zip? Is it possible at all?