I need this workaround to avoid crashes due to version conflicts od shared libraries on Linux: if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then export FONTCONFIG_FILE=/etc/fonts/fonts.conf # On Ubuntu 22.04 the system has: OpenSSL 3.0.2 (too old), fontconfig 2.13 (missing # FcConfigSetDefaultSub…

Might be clearer if you explained the issue you’re trying to solve, rather than the overcomplicated workaround you (?) came up with.

You can see what happens without this workaround in the failed CI runs here: here SciMLBase → SciMLBaseMakieExt Failed to precompile SciMLBaseMakieExt [565f26a4-c902-5eae-92ad-e10714a9d9de] to "/tmp/testdepot/compiled/v1.12/SciMLBaseMakieExt/jl_SBQvyJ". ERROR: LoadError: InitError: could not load…

Complex workaround needed. Why?

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JoshuaLampert March 25, 2026, 7:31am 4

This looks like Makie Precompilation failed in Linux and should be fixed by now.

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Complex workaround needed. Why?

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