Unable to find asyncio module with pyqtdeploy - possible regression?

[Andrew Fischer]

Phil,

Thank you so much for the response. Somehow I read right over the line
about libffi in the documentation. Simply adding it to my sysroot got
everything working again with asyncio included.

-Andrew

On Mon Mar 20, 2023 at 10:15 AM CDT, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On 10/03/2023 20:36, Andrew Fischer wrote:
> > I am working a on pyqt project that imports a python module which uses
> > asyncio. But after the bundled app is built with pyqtdeploy-build, the
> > resulting executable fails with the error:
> > 
> > `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'asyncio'`
> > 
> > The project uses python3.10.8, PyQt5-5.15.9, and pyqtdeploy 3.3.0
> > 
> > I have managed to simplfy down to a very basic pyqt project that
> > produces the same error, which may be seen here along with all steps in
> > the README:
> > 
> > https://hg.sr.ht/~kragacles/pyqtd-asyncio-test
> > 
> > I also can not find the asyncio module in the Packages tab of the
> > pyqtdeploy builder GUI, although I can verify the module does exist in
> > the sysroot python's lib folder.
> > 
> > My search of the pyqt mailing list shows what appears to be the same
> > issue in Feb of 2022, with a commment indicated it has been resolved.
> > 
> > ```
> > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:56:25
> > There was a bug in the metadata for multiprocessing.reduction that 
> > meant
> > it, and everything that depended on it, was Windows only.
> > 
> > It is fixed in the current repo (and the next snapshot).
> > ```
> > 
> > Is this still a known issue? Or has it been resolved and I am missing a
> > key step?
> > 
> > Thanks very much for any feedback,
> > -Andrew
>
> For Python v3.9 and later you need the libffi component in your 
> sysroot...
>
> https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/pyqtdeploy/sysroot.html#standard-component-plugins
>
> Phil