# Jll package is pointing to an older artifacts file?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** package, binarybuilder
**Created:** [January 24, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183 "2024-01-24T06:06:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@biona001](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/biona001)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/1 "2024-01-24T06:06:13Z")
I am experimenting with BinaryBuilder.jl and jll packages. My Julia version is 1.8.4.
I built [ghostbasil\_jll](https://github.com/biona001/ghostbasil_jll.jl/tree/main) which is now on version 0.0.11+0. I then install this package locally via `]add https://github.com/biona001/ghostbasil_jll.jl`, and in the REPL I can verify that I am indeed on the latest version
```julia
(@v1.8) pkg> st ghostbasil_jll
Status `/home/groups/sabatti/.julia/environments/v1.8/Project.toml`
[caeec347] ghostbasil_jll v0.0.11+0 `https://github.com/biona001/ghostbasil_jll.jl#main`
```
However, it seems the actual artifact file it is pointing to is an older version (v0.0.8):
```julia
julia> using ghostbasil_jll
julia> ghostbasil_jll.artifact_dir
"/home/groups/sabatti/.julia/artifacts/725b2904491b4c4433907e4d59539908e5937988"
```
since `725b2904491b4c4433907e4d59539908e5937988` is pointing to **v0.0.8** according to my [artifact file](https://github.com/biona001/ghostbasil_jll.jl/blob/main/Artifacts.toml#L2239).
Why is `ghostbasil_jll.artifact_dir` not pointing to v0.0.11? More importantly, I need `ghostbasil_jll.get_libghostbasil_wrap_path` to point to the latest version since `ghostbasil_jll` is wrapping a C++ package and v0.0.8 has an issue. Would it be advised if I delete all artifact entries that are not the latest version?
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/2 "2024-01-24T08:42:38Z")
> [@biona001](#):
>
> since `725b2904491b4c4433907e4d59539908e5937988` is pointing to **v0.0.8** according to my [artifact file](https://github.com/biona001/ghostbasil_jll.jl/blob/main/Artifacts.toml#L2239).
I see the same tree hash in the artifacts of your 0.11 version:
>
So I don’t understand what’s the issue.
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/3 "2024-01-24T08:44:38Z")
Ah, wait, do you append new builds to the Artifacts.toml file, instead of deleting and recreating it every time?
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### Author:  [@biona001](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/biona001)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/4 "2024-01-24T17:03:42Z")
Thanks for the reply. Yesterday I tried releasing v0.0.12 before going to sleep, and the original issue I was having (i.e. git-tree-sha1 pointing to an older version) is gone, although it did not solve the problem I was having. I think I’ll open another thread for that.
In this case, I suspect the issue has to do with my `build_tarballs.jl`. Here is the one I used for v0.0.12:
```julia
# Note that this script can accept some limited command-line arguments, run
# `julia build_tarballs.jl --help` to see a usage message.
using BinaryBuilder, Pkg
name = "ghostbasil"
version = v"0.0.12"
# Collection of sources required to complete build
sources = [
GitSource("https://github.com/biona001/ghostbasil.git", "50aef6a0f7810b2a8a41e6ee36079950fcf54313")
]
# Bash recipe for building across all platforms
script = raw"""
cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir
mkdir -p ghostbasil/julia/build
cd ghostbasil/julia/build
cmake \
-DJulia_PREFIX=$prefix \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix \
-DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=$prefix \
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN} \
-DEigen3_DIR=$prefix/share/eigen3/cmake \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
../
make
make install
# install license
install_license $WORKSPACE/srcdir/ghostbasil/R/LICENSE.md
"""
# These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
# platforms are passed in on the command line
julia_versions = [
v"1.8.0", v"1.8.1", v"1.8.2", v"1.8.3", v"1.8.4", v"1.8.5",
v"1.9.0", v"1.9.1", v"1.9.2", v"1.9.3", v"1.9.4",
]
working_platforms = [ # ghostbasil won't work on windows, and currently fails on mac
Platform("x86_64", "linux"; libc = "glibc"),
Platform("aarch64", "linux"; libc = "glibc"),
Platform("powerpc64le", "linux"; libc = "glibc"),
Platform("x86_64", "linux"; libc = "musl"),
Platform("aarch64", "linux"; libc = "musl"),
]
# expand platforms to specify julia version explicitly
# see https://github.com/JuliaInterop/CxxWrap.jl/issues/395
platforms = Platform[]
for p in working_platforms, julia_version in julia_versions
p["julia_version"] = string(julia_version)
push!(platforms, deepcopy(p))
end
platforms = expand_cxxstring_abis(platforms)
# The products that we will ensure are always built
products = [
LibraryProduct("libghostbasil_wrap", :libghostbasil_wrap)
]
# Dependencies that must be installed before this package can be built
dependencies = [
Dependency("libcxxwrap_julia_jll"),
BuildDependency("Eigen_jll"),
BuildDependency("libjulia_jll")
]
# Build the tarballs, and possibly a `build.jl` as well.
build_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, platforms, products,
dependencies; julia_compat="1.9", preferred_gcc_version = v"7.1.0")
```
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/5 "2024-01-24T17:41:31Z")
To be clear, the problem is that [you’re accumulating](https://github.com/biona001/ghostbasil_jll.jl/commit/23eb470014218c2bd8514c5f62c762cd75be34bb#diff-1de81b882b140a45cfbcedd944f143a37759b544a9efc0f7008302578afa6360) the list of artifacts in `Artifacts.toml` instead of re-creating the file from scratch for new builds, which means that Pkg will stop at the first artifact matching your platform. I don’t know what you’re doing exactly.
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### Author:  [@biona001](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/biona001)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/6 "2024-01-24T17:46:10Z")
I’m not sure how to re-recreate the file from scratch for new builds? I have a `build_tarballs.jl` at `/Users/biona001/.julia/dev/Yggdrasil/G/ghostbasil` and I deploy to my local github via
```julia
julia build_tarballs.jl --debug --verbose --deploy="biona001/ghostbasil_jll.jl"
```
What should I have done instead?
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/7 "2024-01-24T17:56:21Z")
Not sure, I’ve never seen that behaviour, try to clean up the `products` directory before doing a new build.
Unless I’m missing something you aren’t stepping over these lines (`from_scratch=false`)
>
but as far as I can tell the only way for `from_scratch` to be `false` is to step over
>
which means `skip_build=true`, which means you’re passing `--skip-build`
>
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### Author:  [@biona001](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/biona001)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jll-package-is-pointing-to-an-older-artifacts-file/109183/8 "2024-01-24T18:17:44Z")
I’m certain I never passed in `--skip-build`. Also, at some point, I did start deleting everything inside `products` before rebuilding. Do you recommend editing the `Artifacts.toml` file manually to remove all entries older than the latest version?