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| -rwxr-xr-x | Tools/freeze/freeze.py | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Tools/freeze/freeze.py b/Tools/freeze/freeze.py index 1fe5553f37..6e8af82662 100755 --- a/Tools/freeze/freeze.py +++ b/Tools/freeze/freeze.py @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ # Usage message usage_msg = """ -usage: freeze [-p prefix] [-P exec_prefix] [-e extension] script [module] ... +usage: freeze [-p prefix] [-P exec_prefix] [-e extension] script.py [module]... -p prefix: This is the prefix used when you ran 'Make inclinstall libainstall' in the Python build directory. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ usage: freeze [-p prefix] [-P exec_prefix] [-e extension] script [module] ... should also have a Setup file describing the .o files. More than one -e option may be given. -script: The Python script to be executed by the resulting binary. +script.py: The Python script to be executed by the resulting binary. It *must* end with a .py suffix! module ...: Additional Python modules (referenced by pathname) @@ -41,11 +41,7 @@ module ...: Additional Python modules (referenced by pathname) NOTES: In order to use freeze successfully, you must have built Python and -installed it. In particular, the following two non-standard make -targets must have been executed: - - make inclinstall - make libainstall # Note: 'liba', not 'lib' +installed it ("make install"). The -p and -P options passed into the freeze script must correspond to the --prefix and --exec-prefix options passed into Python's configure @@ -163,6 +159,10 @@ def main(): if not args: usage('at least one filename argument required') + # check that the script name ends in ".py" + if args[0][-3:] != ".py": + usage('the script name must have a .py suffix') + # check that file arguments exist for arg in args: if not os.path.exists(arg): @@ -291,9 +291,10 @@ def main(): # Print usage message and exit def usage(msg = None): - if msg: - sys.stderr.write(str(msg) + '\n') sys.stderr.write(usage_msg) + # Put the error last since the usage message scrolls off the screen + if msg: + sys.stderr.write('\nError: ' + str(msg) + '\n') sys.exit(2) |