I have found that generating an app using PackageCompiler.jl only works for kind of academic examples since any dependency potentially breaks relocatabiliy. Our solution to this is to actually use docker images and bundle everything. Fine for deployed software but not really for “normal” users. Wil…

I created this script to check for relocation issues: Julia Package Relocatability Test Script · GitHub When I run it on normal packages like julia reloc-helper.jl JSON everything works. When run on julia reloc-helper.jl Oxygen or julia reloc-helper.jl GLMakie it shows a stacktrace with the reloca…

At least when reading about it, it didn’t sound that way. juliac The --trim option is mandatory for generating smaller binaries. If you don’t use it the compiler will generate a binary file that is not trimmed. Also the JuliaCon 2024 talk sounds different. …

[image] ufechner7: Unrelated to reducing the code size of the compiled shared library or executable which is the main goal of juliac. Was compiling a fully linked shared library or executable possible before?

[image] ohmsweetohm1: Will juliac solve this problem? it “solves” the problem across micro architecture (JULIA_CPU_TARGET), which PackageCompiler.jl can do already. But you won’t be able to cross-compile (e.g. from x86_64 to aarch64) (because Julia itself doesn’t) https://indico.cern.ch/even…

[image] ohmsweetohm1: any dependency potentially breaks relocatabiliy How would that happen, and is there a way for dependencies to test for this kind of breakage?

FWIW I am currently building a relocatable julia library, wrapped into a python module (but can be used as an executable or C library aswell). See here and also the discussion in Creating fully self-contained and pre-compiled library . However, it is true that this has similar amounts of relocatabili…

[image] RomeoV: My goal is currently just to support x86 Linux usecases with glibc>=2.30 well, you need worry more about downloading Julia right? because everything links to Julia runtime (or am I dreaming)

[image] RomeoV: Actually, can you elaborate what you mean by this? I think they’re referring to the fact that any dependency can potentially rely on paths created through @__FILE__, or simply assuming a specific working directory and blindly opening files relative to that. juliac won’t help w…

[image] Sukera: rely on paths created through @__FILE__, or simply assuming a specific working directory and blindly opening files relative to that If I’m understanding this right, this works for the typically locally installed packages because those relative paths are freshly evaluated for t…

[image] RomeoV: Actually, can you elaborate what you mean by this? I mean relocatabiliy as it is stated in the PackageCompiler.jl docs. I’ll give a few examples: If I currently build an app with Oxygen.jl and run it on another machine, I cannot open the docs endpoint, since there is a js bu…

Will juliac solve the relocatabiliy issue?

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RomeoV August 23, 2025, 1:47am 10

Actually, can you elaborate what you mean by this? Generally I don’t think this is true, dependencies should work fine with juliac and PackageCompiler alike.

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Will juliac solve the relocatabiliy issue?

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