[PyQt] PyQt5 5.9 pip wheels depend on Python.framework on OSX

[Phil Thompson]

On 21 Nov 2017, at 1:21 pm, Kristiyan Kanchev <skrechy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've noticed that when I install PyQt5 from PyPI using pip every *.so file in *python-install-dir*/lib/python*.*/site-packages/PyQt5 (such as QtCore.so, QtGui.co, etc) depends on /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/QtCore.so. 
> 
> The thing is that I'm using python3.5 and don't have that folder. Even more, I'm using pyenv so I don't even have /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework. 
> 
> Strangely enough, when running my application from source code, there is no error about Qt unable to load it's dynamic libraries, but when I want to freeze the application (make an app bundle for OSX) the freezing software (I'm using cx_Freeze) tries to copy that dependency, couldn't find it and fails.
> 
> Don't know who's at fault here - cx_Freeze or the way PyQt5 wheel is packaged. Isn't /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/QtCore.so supposed to be the same file that is *python-install-dir*/lib/python*.*/site-packages/PyQt5/QtCore.so? Why this file depends on itself? This is the reason that I'm posting this bug report here and not on the cx_Freeze forum.

I think this is this problem...

https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2017-November/039694.html

...which is fixed in current snapshots.

Phil