Python 3.12 support

[marcelotduarte]

cx_Freeze 6.15.x supports Python 3.7 to 3.11 in all OSes.

cx_Freeze development version supports Python 3.12, but its dependencies for Windows (cx_Logging, Lief) are not yet compatible with Python 3.12 and do not provide wheels.

So, you can test the latest development build (we provide all necessary wheels):
pip install --force --no-cache --pre --extra-index-url https://marcelotduarte.github.io/packages/ cx_Freeze

For conda-forge the command is:
conda install -y --no-channel-priority -S -c https://marcelotduarte.github.io/packages/conda cx_Freeze

[jmarcet]

@marcelotduarte This was working fine until last weekend, since then I cannot freeze anymore the same codebase (the data= is mine):

copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\openjdk17\17.0.2-8\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\3.12.1\python312.dll -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\python312.dll
WARNING: cannot find 'api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll'
copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\persist\python312\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\bases\console-cpython-312-win_amd64.exe -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\movistar_epg.exe
copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\persist\python312\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\frozen_application_license.txt -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\frozen_application_license.txt
data=72092
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\setup.py", line 25, in <module>
    setup(
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\__init__.py", line 68, in setup
    setuptools.setup(**attrs)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 103, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 185, in setup
    return run_commands(dist)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 201, in run_commands
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 963, in run_command
    super().run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build.py", line 131, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py", line 318, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 963, in run_command
    super().run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\command\build_exe.py", line 284, in run
    freezer.freeze()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 731, in freeze
    self._freeze_executable(executable)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 323, in _freeze_executable
    self._add_resources(exe)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 794, in _add_resources
    version.stamp(target_path)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\winversioninfo.py", line 240, in stamp
    handle, RT_VERSION, ID_VERSION, string_version_info.to_buffer()
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\winversioninfo.py", line 96, in to_buffer
    data = pack(fmt, data)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
struct.error: 'H' format requires 0 <= number <= 65535

This is on Windows 11 with all the available updates applied. Not sure what changed, neither the code I'm trying to freeze nor cx_Freeze, which has not changed since the last successful frozen code I got.

[marcelotduarte]

@jmarcet Please open a new issue. This error is related to the version used, it has nothing to do with Python 3.12.
You used 6.0alpha which caused the error.

[marcelotduarte]

Support Ubuntu Linux 24.04 (Noble Nimbat) PR #2303

[gbtami]

After cx_Logging and Lief has python 3.12 packages on pypi, is there anything needed to a new release with 3.12 support?

[marcelotduarte]

Release 7.0.0 is out!
Documentation

[gbtami]

Thx a lot!