Errors when creating sysimage

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Hi good folks!

I am trying to create a sysimage to distribute a package I have created. I also don’t want the source code of the package to be available. As a first step I am trying to create such a sysimage for the CSV package, just to try things out before I try it with my own package.

To remove the source code I am passing the --strip-ir command when creating the sysimage:
create_sysimage(["CSV"]; sysimage_path="CSVSysimageir.so", sysimage_build_args=Cmd(["--strip-ir"]))

However, when I try to use the sysimage with julia -JCSVSysimageir.so --startup-file=no, then as soon as I move the cursor a bit in the REPL I get the following error

source not available for (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#27#28"{REPL.LineEdit.var"#156#212", String})(Any, Any) from (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#27#28"{f, c})(Any, Any)
source not available for (::Type{NamedTuple{(:exception,), T} where T<:Tuple})(Tuple{Tuple{ErrorException, Array{Union{Ptr{Nothing}, Base.InterpreterIP}, 1}}}) from (::Type{NamedTuple{names, T} where T<:Tuple})(Tuple) where {names}
source not available for logging_error(Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Bool) from logging_error(Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Any, Bool)
source not available for (::Type{NamedTuple{(:exception, :backtrace), T} where T<:Tuple})(Tuple{ErrorException, Array{Union{Ptr{Nothing}, Base.InterpreterIP}, 1}}) from (::Type{NamedTuple{names, T} where T<:Tuple})(Tuple) where {names}
source not available for (::Type{NamedTuple{(:exception, :backtrace), T} where T<:Tuple})(Tuple{ErrorException, Array{Union{Ptr{Nothing}, Base.InterpreterIP}, 1}}) from (::Type{NamedTuple{names, T} where T<:Tuple})(Tuple) where {names}
source not available for print(Core.CoreSTDERR, String) from print(IO, String)
source not available for (::REPL.var"#60#66"{REPL.REPLBackendRef})() from (::REPL.var"#60#66"{backend_ref})()
^Cfatal: error thrown and no exception handler available.
InterruptException()

How do I avoid this? I don’t need to strip IR from everything by the way. It would be enough for just CSV in this case.

Thanks in advance!

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OK so I solved that problem by adding the flag --combile=all. However. If I compile the sysimage with --strip-ir --strip-metadata --compile=all and then open it, I still am able to view the source code with for example @less CSV.read(“test”). How do I get rid of that?