Error while packaging PySide2 based application on mac

[programus]

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Describe the bug
While packaging a PySide2 (Qt) based application on mac, there is an error said cannot find some file in Postgres.app even the application does not use PostgreSQL DB.

Error message:

error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.6/lib/libpq.5.dylib'

To Reproduce

I created a minimal project to reproduce the problem: https://github.com/programus/cx-freeze-test

Here are the production steps (python version is 3.10.12):

git clone https://github.com/programus/cx-freeze-test.git

cd cx-freeze-test

python -m venv venv

. venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

python setup.py build

Wait a while and you will get the same error.

ps. cx-Freeze 6.6 works without this error and is able to generate dmg file and app file properly.

Expected behavior
I expected the job success and the dmg file and app file are generated properly.

Screenshots
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• Platform information: macOS Sonoma 14.1.2
• OS architecture: Darwin Kernel Version 23.1.0: Mon Oct 9 21:27:27 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.41.9~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
• cx_Freeze version: 6.15.11
• Python version: 3.10.12

Additional context
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[marcelotduarte]

Try to adapt your setup to use zip_include_packages like in our pyside2 sample:
https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze/blob/main/samples/pyside2/setup.py#L54

[programus]

Thank you for your response. I now can build the .app and .dmg file after added zip_include_packages. But the app does not start. I tried to run it from inside of the package on console. It ends with this error:

❯ pwd
xxxxxx/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/MacOS

❯ ./main
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cx_Freeze/initscripts/__startup__.py", line 124, in run
    module_init.run(name + "__main__")
  File "/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cx_Freeze/initscripts/console.py", line 16, in run
    exec(code, module_main.__dict__)
  File "main.py", line 11, in <module>
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/PySide2/QtWidgets.abi3.so, 0x0002): Library not loaded: @rpath/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets
  Referenced from: <C6F1FFFF-9D14-37F5-A9A2-0ABBB917DDAC> /Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/QtWidgets.abi3.so
  Reason: tried: '/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/Qt/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/Qt/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx-freeze-test/build/cx-freeze test.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets' (no such file), '/System/Library/Frameworks/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets' (no such file, not in dyld cache)

I also cloned the cx_Freeze repo and tried the PySide2 sample, I got a similar error.

❯ ./test_pyside2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cx_Freeze/initscripts/__startup__.py", line 124, in run
    module_init.run(name + "__main__")
  File "/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cx_Freeze/initscripts/console.py", line 16, in run
    exec(code, module_main.__dict__)
  File "test_pyside2.py", line 7, in <module>
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/samples/pyside2/build/simple_PySide2-0.5.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/PySide2/QtCore.abi3.so, 0x0002): Library not loaded: @rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore
  Referenced from: <33B37FBA-9774-3F27-9496-B46CCDAC6A98> /Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/samples/pyside2/build/simple_PySide2-0.5.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/QtCore.abi3.so
  Reason: tried: '/Users/<user-name>/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/samples/pyside2/build/simple_PySide2-0.5.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/samples/pyside2/build/simple_PySide2-0.5.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/Qt/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/samples/pyside2/build/simple_PySide2-0.5.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/samples/pyside2/build/simple_PySide2-0.5.app/Contents/Resources/lib/PySide2/Qt/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore' (no such file), '/Users/wangyuan/workplace/Work/selfWorks/cx_Freeze/samples/pyside2/build/simple_PySide2-0.5.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore' (no such file), '/System/Library/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore' (no such file, not in dyld cache)

I tried on python 3.10.12 and python 3.8.18. Both have the same error. Could you help me on this?

I have updated the minimal reproducing project.

[marcelotduarte]

The pyside2 sample was tested in CI (py38-3.10, macos 11.7) and tested using homebrew python 3.10 macos 11.0 recently (about 2 weeks ago), using cx_Freeze 6.15.10.
Please test with the cx_Freeze 6.15.10.

[programus]

I tested with the cx_Freeze 6.15.10 and it works both the sample and my minimal project! Thank you for your help!

But I still hope you can fix this problem in the future versions so I can update the version.

[marcelotduarte]

Release 6.15.12 is out!