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authorjahway603 <64485701+jahway603@users.noreply.github.com>2022-10-18 13:55:52 -0400
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[docs, devscripts] Document `pyinst`'s argument passthrough (#5235)
Closes #4631 Authored by: jahway603
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@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ To build the standalone executable, you must have Python and `pyinstaller` (plus
On some systems, you may need to use `py` or `python` instead of `python3`.
+`pyinst.py` accepts any arguments that can be passed to `pyinstaller`, such as `--onefile/-F` or `--onedir/-D`, which is further [documented here](https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html#what-to-generate).
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Note that pyinstaller with versions below 4.4 [do not support](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller#requirements-and-tested-platforms) Python installed from the Windows store without using a virtual environment.
**Important**: Running `pyinstaller` directly **without** using `pyinst.py` is **not** officially supported. This may or may not work correctly.