Issue pyinstaller when running with windows self hosted

[Stevedan Ogochukwu Omodolor Omodia]

I am encountering an issue when running PyInstaller via a Bitbucket pipeline on a Windows self-hosted runner. The command I am executing in PowerShell is:

powershell

pyinstaller $env:BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR\XXXX.sprc -- --app_dir $env:BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR

However, when running PyInstaller from a different folder (not the one it was installed in),

I receive the following error:

Error: Do not run pyinstaller from C:\Windows\System32\temp\XXXXX\build. 
cd to where your code is and run pyinstaller from there. 

Hint: You can open a terminal where your code is by going to the parent folder in Windows File Explorer and typing cmd into the address bar.

Observations

• When running the same PyInstaller command manually on the server, it executes without any issues.

• The problem occurs only when executing the command via the Bitbucket pipeline.

• If I run PyInstaller from the folder where it is installed, the issue does not occur.

[Ben]

Hi Stevedan,

May I know if you are required to run the command from outside the installation folder? Are you cd'ing to a folder that definitely exists within the context of your self-hosted runner build? (hint: adding ls -lah command to your YAML will allow you to to view folders in the build context)

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)