[GH-ISSUE #535] Deprecated option "-m" is showing under "Other" in the Advanced section #414

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opened 2026-02-26 12:21:31 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments
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Originally created by @brentvollebregt on GitHub (Jul 25, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/issues/535

It seems in a recent version of PyInstaller, the option "-m" is being deprecated in favour of "--manifest". This is showing in our UI, which it doesn't need to.

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An exclusion should be added to remove this option.

Originally created by @brentvollebregt on GitHub (Jul 25, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/issues/535 It seems in a recent version of PyInstaller, the option "-m" is being deprecated in favour of "--manifest". This is showing in our UI, which it doesn't need to. <img width="639" height="173" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/039706db-3d97-4f9f-ade8-8672e534ce16" /> An exclusion should be added to remove this option.
kerem closed this issue 2026-02-26 12:21:31 +03:00
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2025):

👋 Hi, just a reminder that if you haven't read the help post yet, give it a read to see if your issue is covered in it and make sure to follow the debugging section.

Also please note, as stated in the README, if your issue is only associated with your application and not auto-py-to-exe itself, please do not create an issue in this repository - instead, comment on the help post, video or create a new discussion.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3117473454 --> @github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2025): 👋 Hi, just a reminder that if you haven't read [the help post](https://nitratine.net/blog/post/issues-when-using-auto-py-to-exe/) yet, give it a read to see if your issue is covered in it and make sure to follow [the debugging section](https://nitratine.net/blog/post/issues-when-using-auto-py-to-exe/#debugging). Also please note, as stated in the README, if your issue is only associated with your application and not auto-py-to-exe itself, please do not create an issue in this repository - instead, comment on the help [post](https://nitratine.net/blog/post/issues-when-using-auto-py-to-exe/), [video](https://youtu.be/OZSZHmWSOeM) or create a [new discussion](https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/discussions).
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@mostypc123 commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2025):

you can just mark it in yellow and say its deprecated (i didnt do research on this so fix me if im wrong)

<!-- gh-comment-id:3184648308 --> @mostypc123 commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2025): you can just mark it in yellow and say its deprecated (i didnt do research on this so fix me if im wrong)
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@brentvollebregt commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2025):

Just applied a fix for this. Needed to be added to options_ignored.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3187643748 --> @brentvollebregt commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2025): Just applied a fix for this. Needed to be added to `options_ignored`.
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