[TIP] Should pytest work with stand-alone python executables built with PyInstaller and similar?

[Tony Cappellini]

Thanks Bruno



On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 4:29 AM Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> > Since the tests I've written for my application work when the
> application Is a .py file, should these tests also work when my application
> is bundled into a single-file executable, built with PyInstaller, or
> similar bundling tool?
>
> I have the exact same requirement at work. Please see these docs for a
> solution:
>
>
> https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/simple.html?highlight=freeze_includes#freezing-pytest
>
> Hope that helps,
> Bruno.
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 1:27 AM Tony Cappellini <cappy2112 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I've written some tests with pytest, and now need to distribute a
>> single-file executable
>> on systems that do not have Python installed. I need to do this for Mac,
>> Linux and Windows.
>>
>> Since the tests I've written for my application work when the application
>> Is a .py file, should these tests also work when my application is bundled
>> into a single-file executable, built with PyInstaller, or similar bundling
>> tool?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Tony
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