Hi, there, not sure whether I should ask this here, but with pyinstaller I can generate an executable by compiling a .spec file which references a .py file, whereas when I try to do the same with nuitka the .exe generated inside a .spec.dist folder fails to run, and an error related to the .spec file is shown. Is this normal, in the sense that nuitka works only with .py files?
0.6.3
Python: 2.7.16 (v2.7.16:413a49145e, Mar 4 2019, 01:30:55) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
Executable: C:\Python27\python.exe
OS: Windows
Arch: x86
nickrh75
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I have no idea what a spec file is supposed to be. A minimal example is really needed.
kayhayen
on 10 Apr 2019
Based on my PyInstaller experience, I know what @nickrh75 is referring to. The answer is:
A .spec file is something specific to PyInstaller. They have invented this text file type for their own purposes - it has no meaning outside that.
So of course Nuitka doesn't understand those files - and neither would any other Python compiler, be it py2exe, cx-freeze or whatever.
JorjMcKie
on 10 Apr 2019
Ok, thanks for the info @JorjMcKie.
nickrh75
on 10 Apr 2019
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Based on my PyInstaller experience, I know what @nickrh75 is referring to. The answer is:
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.specfile is something specific to PyInstaller. They have invented this text file type for their own purposes - it has no meaning outside that.So of course Nuitka doesn't understand those files - and neither would any other Python compiler, be it py2exe, cx-freeze or whatever.