Segfault when jl_init in R (also python?) with julia 1.6 on macOS

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The segfault error can also be replicated in python simply by

MacBookdeMacBook-Pro:~ macbookpro$ python3
Python 3.8.2 (default, Dec 21 2020, 15:06:04) 
[Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ctypes
>>> libjulia = ctypes.PyDLL("/Applications/Julia-1.5.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/libjulia.1.5.dylib", ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)    
>>> libjulia.jl_init__threading()
775
>>> exit()
MacBookdeMacBook-Pro:~ macbookpro$ python3
Python 3.8.2 (default, Dec 21 2020, 15:06:04) 
[Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ctypes
>>> libjulia = ctypes.PyDLL("/Applications/Julia-1.6.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/libjulia.1.6.dylib", ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
>>> libjulia.jl_init__threading()
ERROR: Segmentation fault: 11
MacBookdeMacBook-Pro:~ macbookpro$

I will open an issue in julia repo since it seems to be some problem with jl_init in julia dll on mac instead of JuliaCall or PyJulia.
Issue at https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/40246

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