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ImportError: ERROR: recursion is detected during loading of "cv2" binary extensions. Check OpenCV installation.

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Seeing a similar issue to https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python/issues/432 with opencv-python==4.6.0.66 packaged using pyinstaller==4.4. It works fine when running from source; the issue only occurs when packaged. opencv-python==4.5.5.64 works fine.

My Env:
Ubuntu 16
Python3.8
opencv-python==4.6.0.66
pyinstaller==4.4

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "ftf_app_bambam.py", line 2, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py", line 546, in exec_module
  File "taskmaster/app_manager.py", line 30, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py", line 546, in exec_module
  File "hardware/ximea_camera/setup_tools/filter_tuning.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py", line 546, in exec_module
  File "cv2/__init__.py", line 181, in <module>
    bootstrap()
  File "cv2/__init__.py", line 153, in bootstrap
    native_module = importlib.import_module("cv2")
  File "importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    applySysPathWorkaround = True
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py", line 546, in exec_module
  File "cv2/__init__.py", line 181, in <module>
    bootstrap()
  File "cv2/__init__.py", line 76, in bootstrap
    raise ImportError('ERROR: recursion is detected during loading of "cv2" binary extensions. Check OpenCV installation.')
ImportError: ERROR: recursion is detected during loading of "cv2" binary extensions. Check OpenCV installation.
[11606] Failed to execute script 'ftf_app_bambam' due to unhandled exception!

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