Unable to find asyncio module with pyqtdeploy - possible regression?

[Phil Thompson]

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