py2exe / cx_Oracle - OCI.dll in the resulting dist

Question

I am trying to generate an executable for a python script that uses cx_Oracle module. The resulting distribution folder has OCI.dll in it which I would like to avoid as the target machine might have a different version of Oracle client and I would like to use the dll version present on the target machine.

The py2exe documentation has a page specific to this issue. The link is http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/ExcludingDlls

This however does not work for me. I have tried with the following but OCI.dll always ends up in the dist folder...I am not sure if I am missing something here...Appreciate your comments.

I have tried with following 2 approaches

opts = {"py2exe": {"dll_excludes": "OCI.dll","includes": "decimal",}}
setup(options = opts)

and

setup(options = {"py2exe": { "dll_excludes": ["oci.dll"]}})

Answer 1

I've used this format successfully:

options={"py2exe" : {"dll_excludes": ["OCI.dll",], "includes" : ["decimal", ]}})