Fix py_freeze! build failure on Windows without symlinks by alok-108 · Pull Request #9172 · RustPython/RustPython

alok-108 · 2026-10-17T02:38:03Z

What was wrong

On Windows, git usually can't create symlinks unless Developer Mode is on. In that case crates/pylib/Lib is checked out as a small text file that just contains ../../Lib.

py_freeze! knew about this and tried to read that file, but it then opened ../../Lib from the folder where the build runs, not from the folder where the file lives. So the path pointed to the wrong place and the build stopped with:

error: Error listing dir "crates\pylib\src\../Lib": The system cannot find the path specified. (os error 3)

What I changed

In crates/derive-impl/src/compile_bytecode.rs, the path written inside the text file is now joined to the folder of that file. That gives the real Lib folder in the repo root.

I didn't change dir = "../Lib" in crates/pylib/src/lib.rs. That path goes through the symlink on purpose, so cargo package still includes Lib in the crate. Changing it to a path outside the crate would break that.

Nothing changes on Linux and macOS, because the new code only runs on Windows.

How I tested

On Windows 11 with core.symlinks=false:

Before: cargo check -p rustpython-pylib --features freeze-stdlib fails with the error above.
After: the same command passes.
cargo fmt and cargo clippy -p rustpython-derive-impl are clean.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved directory listing for symlinked paths on Windows by correctly resolving relative symlink targets.

When git can't create symlinks (the default on Windows without Developer Mode), crates/pylib/Lib is checked out as a plain text file that holds the target path. That path is relative to the file's own folder, but py_freeze! opened it relative to the build's working directory, so building rustpython-pylib failed with "Error listing dir". Resolve the target against the folder of that file instead.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-17T02:38:44Z

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When directory listing fails on Windows, the fallback now reads the path as text, resolves that target relative to the path’s parent, and retries the listing.

Changes: Directory listing fallback

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve the fallback target `crates/derive-impl/src/compile_bytecode.rs`	The Windows fallback joins the text-read target to the path’s parent before retrying `read_dir`. Previously, it canonicalized the path and used the text read from the canonical path.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: coolreader18

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c434c

The change addresses the Windows directory lookup issue. The separate .py fallback concern is unchanged and does not affect the tracked library tree, so no merge-blocking regression was identified.

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Linked Issues check		Issue `#7995` requires `py_freeze!` to locate the repository-root `Lib/` directory and complete the build. The change targets the correct Windows text-file fallback, but `compile()` constructs `path` as…	Normalize or canonicalize the checked-out `Lib` path before obtaining its parent, or otherwise resolve the stored target from the actual `crates/pylib/Lib` directory. Verify `cargo check -p rustpython-pylib --features freeze-stdlib` with Wi…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: fixing the `py_freeze!` build failure on Windows when symlinks are unavailable.
Out of Scope Changes check		The diff changes only the Windows fallback in `crates/derive-impl/src/compile_bytecode.rs`. This change directly addresses the linked issue's path-resolution and build-failure scope. No unrelated prod…

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The diff changes only the Windows fallback in crates/derive-impl/src/compile_bytecode.rs. This change directly addresses the linked issue's path-resolution and build-failure scope. No unrelated production changes are present.

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Issue #7995 requires py_freeze! to locate the repository-root Lib/ directory and complete the build. The change targets the correct Windows text-file fallback, but compile() constructs path as crates/pylib/src/../Lib. The fallback takes path.parent() before resolving .., then joins the stored ../../Lib target. This produces crates/pylib/src/../../Lib, which resolves to crates/Lib, not the repository-root Lib. The Windows no-symlink build requirement therefore remains unmet.

Resolution

Normalize or canonicalize the checked-out Lib path before obtaining its parent, or otherwise resolve the stored target from the actual crates/pylib/Lib directory. Verify cargo check -p rustpython-pylib --features freeze-stdlib with Windows core.symlinks=false.

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crates/derive-impl/src/compile_bytecode.rs: 1
201-212: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Apply the same fallback fix to the file path.

Line 203 still calls path.canonicalize().unwrap() in the Windows fallback for .py files. If a path in the directory listing cannot be canonicalized, this call panics instead of returning the original error e. The new read_dir fallback no longer uses canonicalize, so the two fallbacks now behave differently. Replace the unwrap with a non-panicking read of path, and keep the existing join logic.

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Review comment at @crates/derive-impl/src/compile_bytecode.rs around lines 201 -
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Update the Windows fallback in compile_path to read the path without calling
path.canonicalize().unwrap(), so an unreadable or uncanonicalizable path returns
the original error e rather than panicking. Preserve the existing joined-path
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- Around line 201-212: Update the Windows fallback in compile_path to read the
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codspeed · 2026-10-17T03:10:13Z

Merging this PR will not alter performance

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