Update pyinstaller requirement from 5.13.2 to 6.4.0

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
         pip3 install pip-tools
         python3 -m piptools compile -o requirements.txt pyproject.toml
         pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-        pyinstaller --icon=updater.ico updater.py
+        pyinstaller --onefile --icon=updater.ico updater.py
     - name: "Check if updater works correctly"
       run: |
         mkdir Release
         mkdir -p Release/Updater
-        mv dist/updater/* Release/Updater/
+        mv dist/* Release/Updater/
         mkdir -p Release/ImperatorToCK3
         mv Release/Updater Release/Updater-running
         cd Release/Updater-running

.github/workflows/create_release.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
        pip3 install -r requirements.txt 
     - name: "Create executable with pyinstaller"
       run: |
-       pyinstaller --icon=updater.ico updater.py
+       pyinstaller --onefile --icon=updater.ico updater.py
     - name: "Archive release"
       uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@master
       with:

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
 urllib3 = "2.2.1"
-pyinstaller = "5.13.2"
+pyinstaller = "6.4.0"
 wheel = "^0.42.0"
 
 

updater.py

@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@
 import pathlib
 
 
-# change working directory to script's location
+# Change working directory to updater.exe's directory.
+# The if below determines whether the app is a script file or frozen exe.
 if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
-    # If the application is run as a bundle, the PyInstaller bootloader
-    # extends the sys module by a flag frozen=True and sets the app 
-    # path into variable _MEIPASS
-    running_updater_path = sys._MEIPASS
-else:
-    running_updater_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-os.chdir(running_updater_path)
+    running_updater_dir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+elif __file__:
+    running_updater_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+os.chdir(running_updater_dir)
 
 
 # Logging configuration: log to file and console.
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ def clear_converter_folder():
     for path in paths:
         if os.path.isdir(path):
             # remove directory
-            if os.path.samefile(path, running_updater_path):
+            if os.path.samefile(path, running_updater_dir):
                 # Don't remove running updater folder.
                 continue
             shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=True)