Using PyInstaller with Python installed from PDM

[JimiC]

TL;DR Installing a Python version with PDM doesn't play nice with PyInstaller and the cause is 'probably' missing lib-dynload files.

Recently I discovered PDM and got exited on using it. I use PyInstaller on many of my projects as I like the idea of using executables to run my apps.
Note: With the previous tool I used, everything worked fine.

So, I switched one of my projects to PDM only to find out that the executable from PyInstaller was not working anymore, complaining about missing Python modules.
To keep it short, upon debugging I noticed that PyInstaller couldn't find files from lib-dynload, so it didn't copied the said folder into the package. Inspecting the folder from the Python version, that PDM installed, I found only 2 files, which where irrelevant to my case.
That's why PyInstaller ignored it!!!

Workaround: Installing PyEnv and using it as the Python version manager, instead of PDM, resolved the issue and the executable started to work again.

Proposed solutions:

• Notify indygreg about the case and have his Python binaries include the proper lib-dynload files.
• Give the ability to specify the source of the Python builds (could be pyenv's source)
• Give the ability to install a Python version from source
• Something else

Some or all the above proposed solutions may already be available but as a new user I probably haven't discovered them yet.

Anyways, thanks @frostming for creating an awesome tool.

• Reference: Is there a way to use the distributable with PyInstaller? indygreg/python-build-standalone#369

[frostming]

pdm python doesn't handle installation source other than inygreg's. You can install Python yourself with whatever tool you like and make PDM able to find the installations, pyenv location is supported by default.

[JimiC]

Fair enough.
The idea is to be able to remove pyenv dependency entirely.
I should probably take this up to inygreg then.