Allow larger programs to be frozen under Win32

[ganssauge]

BPO	1203650
Nosy	@loewis, @birkenfeld, @terryjreedy, @tiran
Files	freeze.patch

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2010-10-21.13:34:59.875>
created_at = <Date 2005-05-17.15:03:28.000>
labels = ['type-feature', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Allow larger programs to be frozen under Win32'
updated_at = <Date 2010-10-21.13:34:59.873>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ganssauge'

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closed_date = <Date 2010-10-21.13:34:59.875>
closer = 'georg.brandl'
components = ['Demos and Tools', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2005-05-17.15:03:28.000>
creator = 'ganssauge'
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issue_num = 1203650
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priority = 'low'
resolution = 'fixed'
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status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1203650'
versions = ['Python 3.2']

[ganssauge]

The makefile generated by freeze on Windows ist not
suitable for Programs containing many imported modules.
This patch generates a makefile using an inline linker
response file.

[loewis]

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Can you please explain what you mean by "not suitable"? Do
you get some error? If so, what precisely is the error message?

[tiran]

The command line argument size is limited on Windows. One has to use a
file instead of an argument list if the list exceeds a limit. IIRC the
limit is rather low (< 1024 or even < 512).

[terryjreedy]

I added this as a dependency to bpo-7962. I believe there was some thought on the pydev list of removing freeze (because not-working or obsolete).

[birkenfeld]

Applied in r85771.