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+# recipe for building an exe with nuitka (extreme jank edition)
+#
+# NOTE: on win7 the exe immediately hits a c0000005 in kernelbase.dll
+#   but win10 builds work on win10
+#
+# first install python-3.6.8-amd64.exe
+#   [x] add to path
+#
+# copypaste the rest of this file into cmd
+
+rem from pypi
+cd \users\ed\downloads
+python -m pip install --user Nuitka-0.6.14.7.tar.gz
+
+rem https://github.com/brechtsanders/winlibs_mingw/releases/download/10.2.0-11.0.0-8.0.0-r5/winlibs-x86_64-posix-seh-gcc-10.2.0-llvm-11.0.0-mingw-w64-8.0.0-r5.zip
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\gcc\
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\gcc\x86_64\
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\gcc\x86_64\10.2.0-11.0.0-8.0.0-r5\
+copy c:\users\ed\downloads\winlibs-x86_64-posix-seh-gcc-10.2.0-llvm-11.0.0-mingw-w64-8.0.0-r5.zip C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\gcc\x86_64\10.2.0-11.0.0-8.0.0-r5\winlibs-x86_64-posix-seh-gcc-10.2.0-llvm-11.0.0-mingw-w64-8.0.0-r5.zip
+
+rem https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v3.7.12/ccache-3.7.12-windows-32.zip
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\ccache\
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\ccache\v3.7.12\
+copy c:\users\ed\downloads\ccache-3.7.12-windows-32.zip C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\ccache\v3.7.12\ccache-3.7.12-windows-32.zip
+
+rem https://dependencywalker.com/depends22_x64.zip
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\depends\
+mkdir C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\depends\x86_64\
+copy c:\users\ed\downloads\depends22_x64.zip C:\Users\ed\AppData\Local\Nuitka\Nuitka\depends\x86_64\depends22_x64.zip
+
+cd \
+rd /s /q %appdata%\..\local\temp\pe-copyparty
+cd \users\ed\downloads
+python copyparty-sfx.py -h
+cd %appdata%\..\local\temp\pe-copyparty\copyparty
+
+python
+import os, re
+os.rename('../dep-j2/jinja2', '../jinja2')
+os.rename('../dep-j2/markupsafe', '../markupsafe')
+
+print("# nuitka dies if .__init__.stuff is imported")
+with open('__init__.py','r',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+ t1 = f.read()
+
+with open('util.py','r',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+ t2 = f.read().split('\n')[3:]
+
+t2 = [x for x in t2 if 'from .__init__' not in x]
+t = t1 + '\n'.join(t2)
+with open('__init__.py','w',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+ f.write('\n')
+
+with open('util.py','w',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+ f.write(t)
+
+print("# local-imports fail, prefix module names")
+ptn = re.compile(r'^( *from )(\.[^ ]+ import .*)')
+for d, _, fs in os.walk('.'):
+ for f in fs:
+  fp = os.path.join(d, f)
+  if not fp.endswith('.py'):
+   continue
+  t = ''
+  with open(fp,'r',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+   for ln in [x.rstrip('\r\n') for x in f]:
+    m = ptn.match(ln)
+    if not m:
+     t += ln + '\n'
+     continue
+    p1, p2 = m.groups()
+    t += "{}copyparty{}\n".format(p1, p2).replace("__init__", "util")
+  with open(fp,'w',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+   f.write(t)
+
+exit()
+
+cd ..
+
+rd /s /q bout & python -m nuitka --standalone --onefile --windows-onefile-tempdir --python-flag=no_site --assume-yes-for-downloads --include-data-dir=copyparty\web=copyparty\web --include-data-dir=copyparty\res=copyparty\res --run --output-dir=bout --mingw64 --include-package=markupsafe --include-package=jinja2 copyparty