macOS: System image file fails consistency check on binary startup

[ghyatzo]

Upon creating an app, the process goes on smoothly, untill it is time to actually call the binary.
I get the error: ERROR: System image file failed consistency check: maybe opened the wrong version?

Julia Version 1.8.2
Commit 36034abf260 (2022-09-29 15:21 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (arm64-apple-darwin21.3.0)
  CPU: 10 × Apple M1 Pro
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-13.0.1 (ORCJIT, apple-m1)
  Threads: 8 on 8 virtual cores
Environment:
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 8
  JULIA_DEPOT_PATH = /Users/cshen/.local/julia

I installed julia through juliaup. the juliaup folder is in ~/.local/juliaup and the julia versions in ~/.local/julia/juliaup.
the binaries in ~/.local/juliaup/bin are symlinked to ~/.local/bin which is in the PATH.
I also have julia aliased to julia --project=@.

Could it be that the symlinking throws some pathing off somewhere?

[FerreolS]

Similar issue here on

Julia Version 1.8.4
Commit 00177ebc4fc (2022-12-23 21:32 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin21.4.0)
  CPU: 16 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-13.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
  Threads: 16 on 16 virtual cores
Environment:
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = auto

the app execute smoothly when it is in the folder where it has been compiled but fail with ERROR: System image file failed consistency check: maybe opened the wrong version? when relocated anywhere else.
Using the example of the package

> Code/Julia/PackageCompiler.jl/examples/MyAppCompiled/bin/MyApp 
  Downloaded artifact: MKL
ARGS = String[]
Base.PROGRAM_FILE = "Code/Julia/PackageCompiler.jl/examples/MyAppCompiled/bin/MyApp"
...

> cp -r Code/Julia/PackageCompiler.jl/examples/MyAppCompiled .
> MyAppCompiled/bin/MyApp                                     
ERROR: System image file failed consistency check: maybe opened the wrong version?

[PhilReinhold]

I'm running into this issue as well, just trying to build any sysimage, e.g.

PackageCompiler.create_sysimage(String[], sysimage_path="test_image.so")

then

julia --sysimage=test_image.so gives the same error as above.

Julia Version 1.9.3
Commit bed2cd540a1 (2023-08-24 14:43 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (arm64-apple-darwin22.4.0)
  CPU: 12 × Apple M2 Pro
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-14.0.6 (ORCJIT, apple-m1)
  Threads: 1 on 8 virtual cores
Environment:
  JULIA_PKG_USE_CLI_GIT = true

[kevmoor]

Same issue, tried on Julia 1.9.3, 1.9.2, 1.10.0-beta2, all with PackageCompiler version 2.1.9, also tried on Julia 1.9.2 with PackageCompiler version 2.1.7 (the mix I had when I last had it running a few weeks ago), this versioninfo() below is from this latest combination.

Julia Version 1.9.2
Commit e4ee485e909 (2023-07-05 09:39 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (arm64-apple-darwin22.4.0)
  CPU: 10 × Apple M1 Pro
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-14.0.6 (ORCJIT, apple-m1)
  Threads: 1 on 8 virtual cores
Environment:
  JULIA_PKG_USE_CLI_GIT = true

[KwatMDPhD]

I'm seeing the same error when building GSEA-MSigDB/GSEA.jl@79364ca

comonicon/Comonicon.jl#264

[sloede]

I'm seeing the same error when building KwatMDPhD/GSEA.jl@79364ca

comonicon/Comonicon.jl#264

This happens on macOS only?

[KwatMDPhD]

I have only tried on macOS Sonoma 14.0.
If you have a non-mac machine, you can clone the above commit and try julia --project deps/build.lj app.

[jayscook]

I'm still getting the error on PackageCompiler 2.1.11 (which specifically addresses this issue) on macOS Ventura (13.6). Running Julia 1.8.5, not sure if 1.9 is required for the fix.

[sloede]

Thanks for reporting. Just to clarify: There is no fix available as of yet (also not in PC v2.1.11)

[jayscook]

Thanks for reporting. Just to clarify: There is no fix available as of yet (also not in PC v2.1.11)

Thanks for clarifying! I assumed that the closed issue indicated that it was fixed.

Please let me know if I can contribute to a fix in some way.

[sloede]

Please let me know if I can contribute to a fix in some way.

At the moment we are lacking an understanding of why the consistency check fails. If you manage to find out about this, we could start looking for a remedy 🙂

[KwatMDPhD]

I'm using 1.9.3

Would be great if this error can be fixed...

[ctarn]

I was able to build apps using Julia 1.9.0, PackageCompiler 2.1.7, and macOS 13. Recently I upgraded Julia to 1.9.3, PackageCompiler to 2.1.2, and macOS to 14, and the error occurred.

I tried to restore Julia to 1.9.0 and PackageCompiler to 2.1.7, and the error still occurs. So I guess macOS should cause it since Xcode Command Line Tools was also upgraded to 15, which is required by PackageCompiler to compile executables.

Unfortunately, when I tried to downgrade Xcode Command Line Tools, it warned that older version Xcode C. L. T. can not be installed on macOS 14... And I can not downgrade the OS... :(

I would recommend anyone (@jayscook ?) still using macOS 13 try to install an older version (v14.3?)of Xcode. It can be downloaded from: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/

[bjarthur]

i can't build sysimages on apple silicon either. please let me know how i can help fix it.

[hycakir]

I can confirm it is related to clang version. I have compiled MyLib with gcc from homebrew and it works.