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6.18.0 (2026年01月13日)

Features

* Implement support for Tcl/Tk 9 in splash screen. (:issue:`9313`)
Bugfix

* (macOS) Improve the .framework bundle fix-up code to remove file entries
 that would be placed under restored symlinked directories. This fixes
 file-already-exists errors at build time (onedir) or run-time (onefile)
 when user or a hook tries to collect (all) files from a package that
 ships a .framework bundle with symlinks mangled into hard-copies
 (for example, due to lack of symlink support in PyPI wheels). (:issue:`9335`)
* Have hook for stdlib ``platform`` module exclude the ``_ios_support``
 module when ``sys.platform != 'ios'``. This prevents unnecessary
 collection of ``ctypes``-imported ``libobjc`` shared library if the
 latter happens to be available on the build system. (:issue:`9333`)
Hooks

* Update ``scipy`` hook for compatibility with ``scipy`` 1.17.0.
 (:issue:`9353`)
Bootloader
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<li>(Windows) When spawning <code>onefile</code> child process, preserve the values of
<code>dwFlags</code> and <code>wShowWindow</code> in <code>STARTUPINFO</code> structure as inherited
from the parent process, instead of forcing them to <code>STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW</code>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/commit/52ff65ccc295381c527316424fbe94af9582612a"><code>52ff65c</code></a> hookutils: collect_data_files: work around for msys2/mingw python 3.13</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/commit/e210971a2012098b6f9c8982a08991679b9a5ded"><code>e210971</code></a> Tests: Requirements: Scheduled weekly dependency update for week 02 (<a href="https://redirect.github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/9353">#9353</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/commit/aa02c3134c18a469eb9e218af06d9c1765918fb5"><code>aa02c31</code></a> Fix dead link in antivirus issue template (<a href="https://redirect.github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/9348">#9348</a>) [skip ci]</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/commit/f3f76be84fca51fa4d933c5640e1a30f19d84fa6"><code>f3f76be</code></a> Tests: Requirements: Scheduled weekly dependency update for week 01 (<a href="https://redirect.github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/9349">#9349</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/commit/73987f554803b26c3b146f9e6075f0765bddd437"><code>73987f5</code></a> building: update warnfile header</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/commit/c889a3cb7f56baf36251761b2bd47221a4787a85"><code>c889a3c</code></a> tests: add a test for preservation of dwFlags and wShowWindow in STARTUPINFO</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/commit/bcb7e670b279192c0b3b667e239b414a038ec71c"><code>bcb7e67</code></a> Fix: Preserve STARTUPINFO wShowWindow and dwFlags in bootloader (<a href="https://redirect.github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/9342">#9342</a>)</li>
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