[BUG] ERROR ZlibArchiveWriter.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cipher'

[KDot227]

INFO     Python 3.11.4
INFO     Pyarmor 8.2.9 (basic), 002758, KDOT
INFO     Platform windows.x86_64
INFO     implicitly set output to ".pyarmor\pack\dist"
INFO     install packages ['pyarmor.cli.core.themida==3.2.9'] for cross platforms

ERROR    ZlibArchiveWriter.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cipher'

This ONLY happens when I build the bootloader for pyinstaller and use it.

[jondy]

Try to use PyInstaller 5.8 or other versions, or use this solution
https://pyarmor.readthedocs.io/en/stable/topic/repack.html#packing-obfuscated-scripts-manually

[hongphu8790]

Hello @jondy,

Could you check and adapt pyarmor with pyinstaller 6.0.0 ?

I tested with pyinstaller 5.8 working, but have another problem: pyinstaller/pyinstaller#7692 (bug fixed from 5.12)

FYI: the problem caused when build on Ubuntu 18.04 with glibc <= 2.27, we need adapt the pyinstall for old customers, then force to build on this OS version.

[jondy]

I have tested a simple script with pyinstaller 6.0.0, the second method
https://pyarmor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topic/repack.html#packing-obfuscated-scripts-manually
works. It need extra option --clean when building final bundle.

[syphon1c]

I seem to be struggling with the same issue:

ZlibArchiveWriter.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cipher'

INFO     Python 3.11.4
INFO     Pyarmor 8.2.9 (basic), 004282, ...
INFO     Platform darwin.aarch64

I have tried variations of pyinstaller 5.7, 5.12, 6.0 and 6.1 but all the same error:

INFO     entry script name is "endpoint_agent.py"

INFO     repacking "PYZ-00.pyz"

INFO     replace item "pyarmor_runtime_004282"

ERROR    Failed to handle request

Traceback (most recent call last):
python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/webui/server.py", line 81, in do_POST
    result['data'] = self.root_handler.dispatch(self.path[1:], args)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/webui/handler.py", line 49, in dispatch
    return handler.dispatch(path[i+1:], args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/webui/handler.py", line 43, in dispatch
    return getattr(self, 'do_' + path)(args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/webui/handler8.py", line 443, in do_build
    return self._build_target(path, args, debug=debug)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/webui/handler8.py", line 341, in _build_target
    call_pyarmor(cmd_args, homepath=homepath, debug=debug)

  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/webui/handler8.py", line 54, in call_pyarmor
    pyarmor_main(extra_opts + args)

  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/cli/__main__.py", line 686, in main_entry
    args.func(ctx, args)

  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/cli/__main__.py", line 222, in cmd_gen
    builder.process(options, packer=packer)

  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/cli/generate.py", line 162, in process
    packer.repack(output, self.ctx.runtime_package_name)

  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/cli/repack.py", line 363, in repack
    repack_pyzarchive(pyzpath, self.pyztoc, obfpath, rtname)

  File "/Users/username/Desktop/research/python_app/mvenv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyarmor/cli/repack.py", line 240, in repack_pyzarchive

    ZlibArchiveWriter(pyzpath, logical_toc, code_dict, cipher=cipher)

TypeError: ZlibArchiveWriter.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cipher'`

However with pyinstaller 5.8 my error is the following even if the folder does exist, I will keep trying:
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'dist' FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'dist' -> '/Users/username/Desktop/research/test/dist'