Error precompiling Plots: RecipesBase.jl:607 needs to be placed at the top level, or use "eval"

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Any hint on how to solve this precompilation problem? I’m using an environment and all the packages seem up to date.

precompile
Precompiling project...
  ✗ Plots
  0 dependencies successfully precompiled in 2 seconds. 180 already precompiled.

ERROR: The following 1 direct dependency failed to precompile:

Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80]

Failed to precompile Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80] to /home/leandro/.julia/compiled/v1.8/Plots/jl_YLLoQ5.
ERROR: LoadError: syntax: Global method definition around /home/leandro/.julia/packages/RecipesBase/eU0hg/src/RecipesBase.jl:607 needs to be placed at the top level, or use "eval".
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope
   @ ~/.julia/packages/RecipesBase/eU0hg/src/RecipesBase.jl:600
 [2] include
   @ ./Base.jl:419 [inlined]
 [3] include_package_for_output(pkg::Base.PkgId, input::String, depot_path::Vector{String}, dl_load_path::Vector{String}, load_path::Vector{String}, concrete_deps::Vector{Pair{Base.PkgId, UInt64}}, source::String)
   @ Base ./loading.jl:1554
 [4] top-level scope
   @ stdin:1
in expression starting at /home/leandro/.julia/packages/RecipesBase/eU0hg/src/RecipesBase.jl:1
in expression starting at stdin:1
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile RecipesBase [3cdcf5f2-1ef4-517c-9805-6587b60abb01] to /home/leandro/.julia/compiled/v1.8/RecipesBase/jl_3UMlMP.
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base ./error.jl:35
  [2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::IO, internal_stdout::IO, keep_loaded_modules::Bool)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1707
  [3] compilecache
    @ ./loading.jl:1651 [inlined]
  [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1337
  [5] _require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1200
  [6] macro expansion
    @ ./loading.jl:1180 [inlined]
  [7] macro expansion
    @ ./lock.jl:223 [inlined]
  [8] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1144
  [9] include
    @ ./Base.jl:419 [inlined]
 [10] include_package_for_output(pkg::Base.PkgId, input::String, depot_path::Vector{String}, dl_load_path::Vector{String}, load_path::Vector{String}, concrete_deps::Vector{Pair{Base.PkgId, UInt64}}, source::Nothing)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1554
 [11] top-level scope
    @ stdin:1
in expression starting at /home/leandro/.julia/packages/Plots/Hxe7H/src/Plots.jl:1

edit: the issue got solved. After using Plots, I got a warning saying that GR was not installed, then it installed it and now everything is working. I don’t know why before the dependency was not there.

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I am suddenly getting the same error on CI.
I am getting this as well when installing RecipesBase as the only package in a clean environment. IMHO installation of GR shouldn’t be required to make this work.

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See [BUG] RecipesBase and RecipesPipeline fail to precompile · Issue #4597 · JuliaPlots/Plots.jl · GitHub

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Look like induced by latest SnoopPrecompile latest version of `SnoopPrecompile` breaks `RecipesBase` · Issue #317 · timholy/SnoopCompile.jl · GitHub.

I think we should yank SnoopPrecompile@1.0.2 until we know more, since this affects a lots of Plots users.

cc @tim.holy

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DifferentialEquations also seems affected. Thanks for the diagnosis and the quickfix <3

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pkg> update

should fix this issue, since SnoopPrecompile@1.0.2 was yanked.

Check with ] status -m SnoopPrecompile, that you don’t have 1.0.2.

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Yeah I saw it, and then the Plots.jl issue with 20 people saying “same” within the last hour, so I merged the yank.

Usually one doesn’t merge a yank until the maintainer agrees, but this seems like a special scenario that was going to effect half of Julia users, so might as well do it before the well-adjusted humans of the US east coast wake up. @tim.holy let me know if you want it back, but I assume you’re okay with a quick action here.

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Definitely OK with it, sorry this happened. We need a test case to catch this.

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