# Updating to 1.12.1 failure

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 18, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271 "2025-10-18T22:29:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![rmfritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@rmfritz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rmfritz)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/1 "2025-10-18T22:29:35Z")

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I’ve run into a strange failure when I tried to update to 1.12.1

I got the following spew of messages, which I don’t understand at all. My installation is down. Any suggestions welcome!

```julia-auto
rfritz@Lobo ~ % juliaup update
Checking for new Julia versions
Updating channel release
Installing Julia 1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14
Checking standard library notarization.......................................... ◐ SuiteSparse (serial)
Unhandled Task ERROR: failed process: Process(setenv(`/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/libexec/julia/dsymutil /Users/rfritz/.julia/compiled/v1.12/SuiteSparse/X9Gex_OnsC5.dylib`,["XPC_FLAGS=0x0", "PATH=/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/libexec/julia:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/rfritz/bin:/Users/rfritz/.gem/ruby/2.6.0/bin:/Users/rfritz/python3/user-packages/:/Users/rfritz/.juliaup/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin", "PWD=/Users/rfritz", "DISPLAY=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.hlSGSHOrf0/org.xquartz:0", "XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0", "TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal", "PYTHONPATH=/Users/rfritz/python3/user-packages/", "SHELL=/bin/zsh", "DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/lib/julia:/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/lib:/Users/rfritz/lib:/usr/local/lib:/lib:/usr/lib", "__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F6:0x0:0x0" … "JULIA_LOAD_PATH=@stdlib", "VISUAL=emacsclient", "_=/Users/rfritz/.juliaup/bin/juliaup", "OPENBLAS_DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS=1", "SECURITYSESSIONID=18a60", "USER=rfritz", "HOME=/Users/rfritz", "TERM=xterm-256color", "TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=455.1", "OPENBLAS_MAIN_FREE=1"]), ProcessExited(1)) [1]

Stacktrace:
  [1] pipeline_error
    @ ./process.jl:598 [inlined]
  [2] run(::Cmd, ::Base.DevNull, ::Vararg{Base.DevNull}; wait::Bool)
    @ Base ./process.jl:513
  [3] run
    @ ./process.jl:510 [inlined]
  [4] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::IO, internal_stdout::IO, keep_loaded_modules::Bool; flags::Cmd, cacheflags::Base.CacheFlags, reasons::Dict{String, Int64}, loadable_exts::Nothing)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:3264
  [5] compilecache
    @ ./loading.jl:3161 [inlined]
  [6] (::Base.Precompilation.var"#_precompilepkgs##38#_precompilepkgs##39"{Pipe, Bool, Dict{Base.PkgId, Base.PkgId}, Dict{Base.PkgId, Vector{Base.PkgId}}, String, Base.PkgId, Base.CacheFlags, Cmd})()
    @ Base.Precompilation ./precompilation.jl:1025
  [7] with_logstate(f::Base.Precompilation.var"#_precompilepkgs##38#_precompilepkgs##39"{Pipe, Bool, Dict{Base.PkgId, Base.PkgId}, Dict{Base.PkgId, Vector{Base.PkgId}}, String, Base.PkgId, Base.CacheFlags, Cmd}, logstate::Base.CoreLogging.LogState)
    @ Base.CoreLogging ./logging/logging.jl:540
  [8] with_logger
    @ ./logging/logging.jl:651 [inlined]
  [9] #_precompilepkgs##36
    @ ./precompilation.jl:1019 [inlined]
 [10] mkpidlock(f::Base.Precompilation.var"#_precompilepkgs##36#_precompilepkgs##37"{Pipe, Bool, Dict{Base.PkgId, Base.PkgId}, Dict{Base.PkgId, Vector{Base.PkgId}}, String, Base.PkgId, Base.CacheFlags, Cmd}, at::String, pid::Int32; kwopts::@Kwargs{stale_age::Int64, wait::Bool})
    @ FileWatching.Pidfile ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/share/julia/stdlib/v1.12/FileWatching/src/pidfile.jl:93
 [11] #mkpidlock#7
    @ ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/share/julia/stdlib/v1.12/FileWatching/src/pidfile.jl:88 [inlined]
 [12] trymkpidlock(::Function, ::Vararg{Any}; kwargs::@Kwargs{stale_age::Int64})
    @ FileWatching.Pidfile ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/share/julia/stdlib/v1.12/FileWatching/src/pidfile.jl:114
 [13] #invokelatest_gr#232
    @ ./reflection.jl:1282 [inlined]
 [14] invokelatest_gr
    @ ./reflection.jl:1274 [inlined]
 [15] precompile_pkgs_maybe_cachefile_lock(f::Base.Precompilation.var"#_precompilepkgs##36#_precompilepkgs##37"{Pipe, Bool, Dict{Base.PkgId, Base.PkgId}, Dict{Base.PkgId, Vector{Base.PkgId}}, String, Base.PkgId, Base.CacheFlags, Cmd}, io::IOContext{IO}, print_lock::ReentrantLock, fancyprint::Bool, pkg_config::Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, pkgspidlocked::Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, String}, hascolor::Bool, parallel_limiter::Base.Semaphore, ignore_loaded::Bool)
    @ Base.Precompilation ./precompilation.jl:1216
 [16] macro expansion
    @ ./timing.jl:461 [inlined]
 [17] (::Base.Precompilation.var"#_precompilepkgs##32#_precompilepkgs##33"{Bool, Bool, Bool, Bool, Vector{Task}, Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, String}, Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, IOBuffer}, Base.Precompilation.var"#handle_interrupt#_precompilepkgs##19"{Base.RefValue{Bool}, String, Base.Event, ReentrantLock, IOContext{IO}}, Base.RefValue{Int64}, Base.RefValue{Int64}, Base.RefValue{Int64}, Base.Event, Base.Event, ReentrantLock, Vector{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}}, Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, String}, Vector{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}}, Base.RefValue{Union{Nothing, String}}, Vector{Base.PkgId}, Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, Bool}, Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, Base.Event}, Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}, Bool}, Vector{Base.PkgId}, Vector{Base.PkgId}, Base.Precompilation.var"#describe_pkg#_precompilepkgs##1"{Dict{Base.PkgId, Base.PkgId}, Base.Precompilation.var"#color_string#_precompilepkgs##0"{Bool}, Int64}, Dict{Base.PkgId, Base.PkgId}, Dict{Base.PkgId, Vector{Base.PkgId}}, Dict{Base.PkgId, Vector{String}}, Dict{Tuple{Base.PkgId, UInt128, String, String}, Bool}, Base.Precompilation.var"#color_string#_precompilepkgs##0"{Bool}, Bool, IOContext{IO}, Base.Semaphore, Bool, String, Vector{String}, Vector{Base.PkgId}, Base.PkgId, Base.CacheFlags, Cmd, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}, Tuple{Base.PkgId, Pair{Cmd, Base.CacheFlags}}})()
    @ Base.Precompilation ./precompilation.jl:1018
ERROR: failed process: Process(setenv(`/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/libexec/julia/dsymutil /Users/rfritz/.julia/compiled/v1.12/SuiteSparse/X9Gex_OnsC5.dylib`,["XPC_FLAGS=0x0", "PATH=/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/libexec/julia:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/rfritz/bin:/Users/rfritz/.gem/ruby/2.6.0/bin:/Users/rfritz/python3/user-packages/:/Users/rfritz/.juliaup/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin", "PWD=/Users/rfritz", "DISPLAY=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.hlSGSHOrf0/org.xquartz:0", "XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0", "TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal", "PYTHONPATH=/Users/rfritz/python3/user-packages/", "SHELL=/bin/zsh", "DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/lib/julia:/Users/rfritz/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/lib:/Users/rfritz/lib:/usr/local/lib:/lib:/usr/lib", "__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F6:0x0:0x0" … "JULIA_LOAD_PATH=@stdlib", "VISUAL=emacsclient", "_=/Users/rfritz/.juliaup/bin/juliaup", "OPENBLAS_DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS=1", "SECURITYSESSIONID=18a60", "USER=rfritz", "HOME=/Users/rfritz", "TERM=xterm-256color", "TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=455.1", "OPENBLAS_MAIN_FREE=1"]), ProcessExited(1)) [1]

Stacktrace:
  [1] pipeline_error
    @ ./process.jl:598 [inlined]
  [2] run(::Cmd, ::Base.DevNull, ::Vararg{Base.DevNull}; wait::Bool)
    @ Base ./process.jl:513
  [3] run
    @ ./process.jl:510 [inlined]
  [4] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::IO, internal_stdout::IO, keep_loaded_modules::Bool; flags::Cmd, cacheflags::Base.CacheFlags, reasons::Dict{String, Int64}, loadable_exts::Nothing)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:3264
  [5] (::Base.var"# __require_prelocked##0#__ require_prelocked##1"{Base.PkgId, String, Dict{String, Int64}})()
    @ Base ./loading.jl:2651
  [6] mkpidlock(f::Base.var"# __require_prelocked##0#__ require_prelocked##1"{Base.PkgId, String, Dict{String, Int64}}, at::String, pid::Int32; kwopts::@Kwargs{stale_age::Int64, wait::Bool})
    @ FileWatching.Pidfile ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/share/julia/stdlib/v1.12/FileWatching/src/pidfile.jl:93
  [7] #mkpidlock#7
    @ ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/share/julia/stdlib/v1.12/FileWatching/src/pidfile.jl:88 [inlined]
  [8] trymkpidlock(::Function, ::Vararg{Any}; kwargs::@Kwargs{stale_age::Int64})
    @ FileWatching.Pidfile ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.12.1+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14/share/julia/stdlib/v1.12/FileWatching/src/pidfile.jl:114
  [9] #invokelatest_gr#232
    @ ./reflection.jl:1282 [inlined]
 [10] invokelatest_gr
    @ ./reflection.jl:1274 [inlined]
 [11] maybe_cachefile_lock(f::Base.var"# __require_prelocked##0#__ require_prelocked##1"{Base.PkgId, String, Dict{String, Int64}}, pkg::Base.PkgId, srcpath::String; stale_age::Int64)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:3854
 [12] maybe_cachefile_lock
    @ ./loading.jl:3851 [inlined]
 [13] __require_prelocked(pkg::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:2637
 [14] _require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:2465
 [15] macro expansion
    @ ./loading.jl:2393 [inlined]
 [16] macro expansion
    @ ./lock.jl:376 [inlined]
 [17] __require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:2358
 [18] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:2334
 [19] eval(m::Module, e::Any)
    @ Core ./boot.jl:489
 [20] (::var"#3#4")(p::String)
    @ Main ./none:1
 [21] foreach(f::var"#3#4", itr::Vector{String})
    @ Base ./abstractarray.jl:3188
 [22] top-level scope
    @ none:1
 [23] eval(m::Module, e::Any)
    @ Core ./boot.jl:489
 [24] exec_options(opts::Base.JLOptions)
    @ Base ./client.jl:283
 [25] _start()
    @ Base ./client.jl:550
failed with exit status: 1.
Removed Julia 1.12.0+0.aarch64.apple.darwin14

```

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**Author:** ![technocrat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/technocrat/32/220947_2.png) [@technocrat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/technocrat)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/2 "2025-10-18T23:13:35Z")

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I was able to update without that message. (Bad news, I know.) I’m on Tahoe 26.0.1.

I don’t understand the error message, either. You should be able to roll back with

```julia-auto
juliaup default 1.12.0

```

If that fails and you had a previously working install, you probably need to figure out what the recent changes to your system environment might have done to break things.

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**Author:** ![rmfritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@rmfritz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rmfritz)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/4 "2025-10-19T01:55:00Z")

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I did that, and I have other problems. It’s some sort of macOS permissions thing to do with temporary files. I’m seeing this error message:

```julia-auto
ERROR: IOError: ispath("/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/jl_3GvwrAVWhM"): permission denied (EACCES)

```

Research says the “T” directory in /var/folders subdirectoeis is temp. files. I just had a messy crash; this probably has something to do with it.

I’m on Sequoia 16.7.1, not particularly wanting to struggle through a Tahoe upgrade yet. (And this makes me even more reluctant—what else will break?)

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**Author:** ![rmfritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@rmfritz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rmfritz)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/5 "2025-10-19T02:03:44Z")

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A reboot fixed it. Call it macWeirdness. (I hear the Windows frog croaking “Reboot! Reboot!”)

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**Author:** ![technocrat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/technocrat/32/220947_2.png) [@technocrat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/technocrat)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/6 "2025-10-19T06:31:51Z")

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FWIW, the only Tahoe issue I had was with third-party Bluetooth devices, which had to be re-paired.

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**Author:** ![BVPs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bvps/32/2190_2.png) [@BVPs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BVPs)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/7 "2025-10-22T18:36:05Z")

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I’m on macOS 15.7.1 as @rmfritz, and tried to do `juliaup add release` after rebooting my iMac. Yet, it still failed to install v1.12.1 with the same error! What is happening here? I would greatly appreciate it if someone tells me how to fix this problem. I tried this update on my Windows machine, and it worked perfectly there… So, this seems to be specific with certain versions of macOS.

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**Author:** ![GHTaarn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ghtaarn/32/216007_2.png) [@GHTaarn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GHTaarn)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/8 "2025-10-23T03:51:00Z")

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Why did you do `add`, to update you need to `juliaup update release`

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**Author:** ![BVPs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bvps/32/2190_2.png) [@BVPs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BVPs)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/9 "2025-10-23T04:14:56Z")

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I first tried simple `juliaup update`. But that failed, I had to make v1.12.0 as default, and then removed v1.12.1 since I thought it was not installed correctly. After that, `juliaup update` and `juliaup update release` do not work. I have to use `juliaup add release` or `juliaup add 1.12.1` explicitly. At any rate it seems to me the problem is not really juliaup. Rather, it’s the v1.12.1 itself. Since I tried direct download of v1.12.1, but it still generated the same error.

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**Author:** ![septc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/septc/32/2980_2.png) [@septc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/septc)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/10 "2025-10-23T04:47:12Z")

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Possibly related? (MacOS 15.7 seems to have some issue about temporary directories. Setting TMPDIR to something like /tmp (?) might be useful.)

- [Permission Denied to Temp folder on MacOS after upgrade to MacOS 15.7 · Issue #8690 · google-gemini/gemini-cli · GitHub](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/8690)
- [Possible Homebrew/Flang/Xcode problem - #2 by urbanjost - Help - Fortran Discourse](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/possible-homebrew-flang-xcode-problem/10419/2)

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**Author:** ![BVPs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bvps/32/2190_2.png) [@BVPs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BVPs)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-1-12-1-failure/133271/11 "2025-10-23T05:13:03Z")

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Thanks a lot, @septc! Actually, it was related to your links. I could finally install Julia v1.12.1 by the following procedure:  
(1) Reboot in the recovery mode; From the utility menu, pick “terminal”, and then execute: csrutil disable. Then reboot again but not in the recovery mode.  
(2) Now, in Terminal, modify the folder property via: `sudo chmod a+rwx /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T`  
(3) Install Julia v1.12.1 via `juliaup` or via direct download  
(4) Check if you can update your current packages via Pkg.update()  
(5) If yes, reboot in the recovery mode; From the utility menu, pick “terminal”, and then execute: csrutil enable. Then reboot again but not in the recovery mode.

After this, it started working correctly, and I can also update various packages!