Fix root when frozen with pyinstaller #540
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When freezing a WeasyPrint application with PyInstaller,
root
needs to be set tosys._MEIPASS
, which is the absolute path to the bundle folder (source:https://pythonhosted.org/PyInstaller/runtime-information.html).
_MEIPASS
appears to be uniquely set by PyInstaller so my code change simply checks for this attribute and sets the appropriateroot
.You can recreate the issue by performing the following steps.
Environment:
macOS 10.12.6
python 3.6 (or 3.4) via anaconda
weasyprint_frozen.py
:--add-data
options are for):As WeasyPrints currently stands, the frozen application will not run and the traceback should look similar to this:
With my code change, the frozen application should run as expected: