[feature] launch backend from the qt gui entrypoint

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/__init__.py b/src/leap/bitmask/__init__.py
index dba87b5e..20719d47 100644
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/__init__.py
+++ b/src/leap/bitmask/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
+import sys
 import pkg_resources
 from ._version import get_versions
 
 __version__ = get_versions()['version']
 del get_versions
 
-# FIXME: HACK for https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/3
-# Without this 'fix', there are resolution conflicts when pip installs at the
-# same time bitmask in develop mode and other package in the leap namespace
-# from pypi. For instance:
-# 'pip install -e .' and 'pip install leap.common'
-pkg_resources.get_distribution('leap.bitmask')
+if not getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+    # FIXME: HACK for https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/3
+    # Without this 'fix', there are resolution conflicts when pip installs at
+    # the same time bitmask in develop mode and other package in the leap
+    # namespace from pypi. For instance:
+    # 'pip install -e .' and 'pip install leap.common'
+    pkg_resources.get_distribution('leap.bitmask')