Julia 1.8.2 sefaulting when trying to install a package

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This is a fresh install of 1.8.2. Julia 1.7.3 works fine and is stable.

(@v1.8) pkg> add LinearAlgebra

signal (11): Segmentation fault
in expression starting at none:0
__pthread_mutex_init at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
unknown function (ip: 0x7f809974c203)
mbedtls_entropy_init at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbedcrypto.so.7 (unknown line)
mbed_connect_common at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/bin/../lib/julia/libcurl.so (unknown line)
Curl_ssl_connect_nonblocking at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/bin/../lib/julia/libcurl.so (unknown line)
https_connecting at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/bin/../lib/julia/libcurl.so (unknown line)
Curl_http_connect at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/bin/../lib/julia/libcurl.so (unknown line)
multi_runsingle at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/bin/../lib/julia/libcurl.so (unknown line)
multi_socket at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/bin/../lib/julia/libcurl.so (unknown line)
curl_multi_socket_action at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/bin/../lib/julia/libcurl.so (unknown line)
curl_multi_socket_action at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Downloads/src/Curl/Curl.jl:48 [inlined]
curl_multi_socket_action at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Downloads/src/Curl/Curl.jl:56 [inlined]
macro expansion at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Downloads/src/Curl/utils.jl:28 [inlined]
#41 at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Downloads/src/Curl/Multi.jl:176
lock at ./lock.jl:185
macro expansion at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Downloads/src/Curl/Multi.jl:174 [inlined]
#40 at ./task.jl:484
jfptr_YY.40_66970.clone_1 at /opt/local/stow/julia-1.8.2/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
_jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2367 [inlined]
ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2549
jl_apply at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1839 [inlined]
start_task at /cache/build/default-amdci4-6/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/task.c:931
Allocations: 1863129 (Pool: 1861991; Big: 1138); GC: 3
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
2

Could you provide more details about your environment?

3

sure what do you need to see to diagnose it?

4

I just noticed that I don’t get the same error running the v1.8.2 “Generic Linux on x86” 64-bit release from the official website, on my Fedora 36 system. I guess that you will be asked more details in order to reproduce the error.

5

I’m running the latest PopOS, which is an Ubuntu variant. From the stack trace it looks like something is missing from the glibc that its hitting.

6

The same happens for Julia 1.8.1 :frowning:

7

You’re calling into system mbedtls. How did you install Julia? Do you have the LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LD_PRELOAD environment variables set? If so, what’s the value?

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echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

I downloaded Julia binary from the website. I have it installed by stow.

LD_PRELOAD is empty

9

I don’t understand the significance of this: “you’re calling into system mbedtls”

10

That’s it; I understand now. Since I have julia install by stow it was picking up the system libraries and not the ones shipped with the julia distribution. Thanks! I just had to change the LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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That’s precisely the problem. Start Julia with

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" julia

Or more simply remove that setting of LD_LIBRARY_PATH (I’m not sure why you have to tell the dynamic loader to search libraries in a system directory where it’d likely look anyway)