Module only partially copied - No module named 'zeroconf._utils.ipaddress'

[C0rn3j]

• pyinstaller: 6.11.1
• Python: 3.12.7 / 3.13.x on the build system
• Platform: Arch Linux
• How you installed Python: System
• Did you also try this on another platform? Does it work there: macOS fails the same way
• Try the latest development version: Still happens

The app uses pychromecast, which has a dependency on zeroconf.

I have tried adding both as a hiddenimport, but it still fails.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tauon/t_modules/t_main.py", line 8549, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 384, in exec_module
  File "tauon/t_modules/t_chrome.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 384, in exec_module
  File "pychromecast/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 384, in exec_module
  File "zeroconf/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 384, in exec_module
  File "zeroconf/_core.py", line 32, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 384, in exec_module
  File "zeroconf/_engine.py", line 38, in <module>
  File "src/zeroconf/_listener.py", line 1, in init zeroconf._listener
  File "src/zeroconf/_services/info.py", line 1, in init zeroconf._services.info
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'zeroconf._utils.ipaddress'

It turns out the module is there, but only partially:

One can repro this by

• Cloning https://github.com/C0rn3j/Tauon/tree/macos-dmg at commit C0rn3j/Tauon@63ec6b8
• Running ./run.sh 1 to setup the venv - close the app
• Then running source .venv/bin/activate; pyinstaller --log-level=DEBUG --noconfirm --clean linux.spec; ./dist/TauonMusicBox/Tauon\ Music\ Box which throws the above error

The pychromecast module is loaded like such:

try:
	from tauon.t_modules.t_chrome import Chrome
except ModuleNotFoundError:
	logging.exception("Test exception DELETE THIS LINE.")
	logging.warning("Unable to import Chrome(pychromecast), chromecast support will be disabled.")
except Exception:
	logging.exception("Unknown error trying to import Chrome(pychromecast), chromecast support will be disabled.")
finally:
	chrome = Chrome(tauon)
	logging.debug("Found import Chrome(pychromecast) for chromecast support")

Which imports from this file - https://github.com/C0rn3j/Tauon/blob/macos-dmg/src/tauon/t_modules/t_chrome.py

[rokm]

Looks like zeroconf is aggressively cythonized (at least PyPI wheels), and those cythonized extensions cannot be analyzed for imports (I see that they have accompanying .py files that could be used for import analysis, but we have no support for that in modulegraph).

So either you'll need to add all missing modules from that package to hiddenimports; either using e.g. --hiddenimport zeroconf._utils.ipaddress if there are a few of them, or --collect-submodules zeroconf if there are many. If you are building using a spec, then you'll need to populate hiddenimports list (either manually for few entries, or using PyInstaller.utils.hooks.collect_submodules('zeroconf')).

[C0rn3j]

Adding these two seems to have done the trick for now - thank you!

"zeroconf._utils.ipaddress",
"zeroconf._handlers.answers",