fbs freeze fails with Python 3.5

[isaurabhprakash]

I get the following message on fbs freeze :

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\runpy.py", line 170, in run_module_as_main
"main", mod_spec)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Users\saurabh.prakash\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe_main.py", line 7, in
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller_main.py", line 114, in run
run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller_main_.py", line 65, in run_build
PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 734, in main
build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'), kw.get('clean_build'))
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 681, in build
exec(code, spec_namespace)
File "D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller\Tracker.spec", line 17, in
noarchive=False)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 244, in init
self.postinit()
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\datastruct.py", line 160, in postinit
self.assemble()
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 343, in assemble
excludes=self.excludes, user_hook_dirs=self.hookspath)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 734, in initialize_modgraph
user_hook_dirs=user_hook_dirs,
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 116, in init
self._reset(user_hook_dirs)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 134, in _reset
self._hooks = self._cache_hooks("")
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 215, in _cache_hooks
return ModuleHookCache(self, hook_dirs)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\imphook.py", line 100, in init
self._cache_hook_dirs(hook_dirs)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\imphook.py", line 133, in cache_hook_dirs
hook_module_name_prefix=self.hook_module_name_prefix,
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\imphook.py", line 289, in init
assert self.hook_module_name not in HOOKS_MODULE_NAMES
AssertionError
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\saurabh.prakash\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\Scripts\fbs-script.py", line 9, in
load_entry_point('fbs==0.8.4', 'console_scripts', 'fbs')()
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs_main.py", line 17, in main
fbs.cmdline.main()
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\cmdline.py", line 32, in main
fn(*args)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\builtin_commands_init.py", line 120, in freeze
freeze_windows(debug=debug)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze\windows.py", line 18, in freeze_windows
run_pyinstaller(args, debug)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze_init.py", line 47, in run_pyinstaller
run(args, check=True)
File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\subprocess.py", line 711, in run
output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['pyinstaller', '--name', 'Tracker', '--noupx', '--log-level', 'ERROR', '--noconfirm', '--windowed', '--icon', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\src\main\icons\Icon.ico', '--distpath', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target', '--specpath', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller', '--workpath', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller', '--additional-hooks-dir', 'c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze\hooks', '--runtime-hook', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller\fbs_pyinstaller_hook.py', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\src\main\python\main.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1

[saprrow]

If the version of your PyInstaller in your venv is 3.5 or 3.6, downgrading PyInstaller to 3.4 may help.

[mherrmann]

Thank you for commenting @saprrow.