TypeError: startswith first arg must be a str or tuple of str, not PurePosixPath

[sha-trix]

Description of the issue

Context information (for bug reports)

• Output of pyinstaller --version: 4.4

• Version of Python: 3.6.7

• Platform: Ubuntu

• How you installed Python: container

• Did you also try this on another platform? Does it work there?
  No

• try the latest development version, using the following command:

pip install https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/archive/develop.zip

• follow all the instructions in our "If Things Go Wrong" Guide
  (https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki/If-Things-Go-Wrong) and

Make sure everything is packaged correctly

• start with clean installation
• use the latest development version
• Run your frozen program from a command window (shell) — instead of double-clicking on it
• Package your program in --onedir mode
• Package without UPX, say: use the option --noupx or set upx=False in your .spec-file
• Repackage you application in verbose/debug mode. For this, pass the option --debug to pyi-makespec or pyinstaller or use EXE(..., debug=1, ...) in your .spec file.

A minimal example program which shows the error

```docker
pyinstaller  --hidden-import saml2.attributemaps.adfs_v1x --hidden-import saml2.attributemaps.adfs_v20 --hidden-import saml2.attributemaps.basic --hidden-import saml2.attributemaps.saml_uri --hidden-import saml2.attributemaps.shibboleth_uri -y -D  Test.py

Stacktrace / full error message

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Please also see https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki/How-to-Report-Bugs
for more about what would use to solve the issue.

[rokm]

Thanks for the report!

Can you check if using the branch from #6019 fixes the issue? (You can install that version of PyInstaller via pip install https://github.com/rokm/pyinstaller/archive/refs/heads/fix-6018.zip).

[sha-trix]

Thanks for the report!

Can you check if using the branch from #6019 fixes the issue? (You can install that version of PyInstaller via pip install https://github.com/rokm/pyinstaller/archive/refs/heads/fix-6018.zip).

that worked for me

[rokm]

Fixed in develop by #6019.

[pavanmajji03]

Great !!! That fixes the issue. Thx @sha-trix for the issue and thx @rokm for the quick fix !!!

[lstolcman]

example error message regarding this type of bug, in text format (it took me a while to find a fix, #6019, now it should be easier for other people, since google can handle that):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "PrngCipher.py", line 2, in <module>
    from kivy.app import App
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 546, in exec_module
  File "kivy\__init__.py", line 272, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files\Python39\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks\rthooks\pyi_rth_pkgutil.py", line 71, in _pyi_pkgutil_iter_modules
    assert pkg_path.startswith(SYS_PREFIX)
TypeError: startswith first arg must be str or a tuple of str, not PureWindowsPath