Is it possible to precompile Makie on Windows? I’ve just tried on my Linux machine and it works perfectly but on Windows I get an error about “Task cannot be serialized”; see below for the output
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Test Summary: | Pass Total
Gallery short tests | 42 42
[ Info: used 3842 out of 3920 precompile statements
┌ Info: activating new environment at C:\Users\dawbarton\.julia\packages\PackageCompiler\oT98U\packages\Project.toml.
└ @ Pkg.API C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.1\Pkg\src\API.jl:524
Updating registry at `C:\Users\dawbarton\.julia\registries\General`
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
WARNING: using Contour.Contour in module anonymous conflicts with an existing identifier.
fatal: error thrown and no exception handler available.
ErrorException("Task cannot be serialized")
rec_backtrace at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\stackwalk.c:94
record_backtrace at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\task.c:217 [inlined]
jl_throw at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\task.c:417
jl_error at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\rtutils.c:41
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:294
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:286
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\julia.h:915 [inlined]
jl_serialize_module at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:230 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:291
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:303
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:252 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:268
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\julia.h:915 [inlined]
jl_serialize_module at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:230 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:291
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\julia.h:915 [inlined]
jl_serialize_module at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:230 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:291
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\julia.h:915 [inlined]
jl_serialize_module at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:222 [inlined]
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:291
jl_serialize_value_ at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:337 [inlined]
jl_save_system_image_to_stream at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:1273
jl_create_system_image at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\staticdata.c:1378
jl_write_compiler_output at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\precompile.c:76
jl_atexit_hook at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\init.c:222
wmain at /home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/ui/home/Administrator/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/ui\repl.c:218
__tmainCRTStartup at /usr/src/debug/mingw64-x86_64-runtime-6.0.0-1/usr/src/debug/mingw64-x86_64-runtime-6.0.0-1/crt\crtexe.c:334
mainCRTStartup at /usr/src/debug/mingw64-x86_64-runtime-6.0.0-1/usr/src/debug/mingw64-x86_64-runtime-6.0.0-1/crt\crtexe.c:223
BaseThreadInitThunk at C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL (unknown line)
RtlUserThreadStart at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll (unknown line)
ERROR: failed process: Process(`'C:\Julia\Julia-1.1.1\bin\julia.exe' --optimize=3 '--output-o=C:\Users\dawbarton\.julia\packages\PackageCompiler\oT98U\sysimg\sys.a' -g1 --track-allocation=none --startup-file=no --code-coverage=none --history-file=yes --inline=yes --math-mode=ieee --handle-signals=yes --warn-overwrite=no --compile=yes --depwarn=yes --cpu-target=native --track-allocation=none --sysimage-native-code=yes '--sysimage=C:\Julia\Julia-1.1.1\lib\julia\sys.dll' -g1 --compiled-modules=yes --optimize=2 'C:\Users\dawbarton\.julia\packages\PackageCompiler\oT98U\sysimg\run_julia_code.jl'`, ProcessExited(1)) [1]
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String, ::Base.Process, ::String, ::Int64, ::String) at .\error.jl:42
[2] pipeline_error at .\process.jl:785 [inlined]
[3] #run#515(::Bool, ::Function, ::Cmd) at .\process.jl:726
[4] run at .\process.jl:724 [inlined]
[5] #run_julia#1 at C:\Users\dawbarton\.julia\packages\PackageCompiler\oT98U\src\compiler_flags.jl:225 [inlined]
[6] #run_julia at .\none:0 [inlined]
[7] #compile_incremental#62(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Function, ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\dawbarton\.julia\packages\PackageCompiler\oT98U\src\incremental.jl:82
[8] #compile_incremental#63 at .\none:0 [inlined]
[9] (::getfield(PackageCompiler, Symbol("#kw##compile_incremental")))(::NamedTuple{(:force,),Tuple{Bool}}, ::typeof(compile_incremental), ::Symbol, ::Symbol) at .\none:0
[10] top-level scope at none:0