CHOLMOD Warning, Linking Issues on Mac

[mharradon]

Solution to issue cannot be found in the documentation.

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Issue

Installing Julia just from conda-forge onto an Intel Mac results in CHOLMOD warning. I am not sure if what it states is true, as apparently this warning has been erroneous in the past:

» conda create --override-channels --channel conda-forge -n julia-test julia
…
» conda activate julia-test
» julia --project=.
               _
   _       _ _(_)_     |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 1.10.2 (2024-03-01)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  https://github.com/conda-forge/julia-feedstock
|__/                   |

julia> using SparseArrays
┌ Warning: CHOLMOD version incompatibility
│
│ Julia was compiled with CHOLMOD version 4.0.4. It is
│ currently linked with version 3.0.14.
│ This might cause Julia to terminate when working with
│ sparse matrix factorizations, e.g. solving systems of
│ equations with \.
│
│ It is recommended that you use Julia with the same major
│ version of CHOLMOD as the one used during the build, or
│ download the generic binaries from www.julialang.org,
│ which ship with the correct versions of all dependencies.
└ @ SparseArrays.CHOLMOD ~/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/SparseArrays/src/solvers/cholmod.jl:206

When not forcing conda-forge (which I expect to have issues anyway) I get:

julia> using SparseArrays
ERROR: InitError: could not load library "@rpath/libspqr.2.dylib"
dlopen(@rpath/libspqr.2.dylib, 0x0001): Library not loaded: @rpath/libtbb.dylib
  Referenced from: <D2B2A060-F4A6-34EA-BC95-649F75FE4EA1> /Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/libspqr.2.0.9.dylib
  Reason: tried: '/Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/julia/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/julia/../libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/lib/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/lib/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libtbb.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)
Stacktrace:
  [1] dlopen(s::String, flags::UInt32; throw_error::Bool)
    @ Base.Libc.Libdl ./libdl.jl:117
  [2] dlopen
    @ ./libdl.jl:116 [inlined]
  [3] dlopen(s::String)
    @ Base.Libc.Libdl ./libdl.jl:116
  [4] __init__()
    @ SuiteSparse_jll ~/mambaforge/envs/julia-test/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/SuiteSparse_jll/src/SuiteSparse_jll.jl:104
  [5] run_module_init(mod::Module, i::Int64)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1134
  [6] register_restored_modules(sv::Core.SimpleVector, pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1122
  [7] _include_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, ocachepath::String, depmods::Vector{Any})
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1067
  [8] _tryrequire_from_serialized(modkey::Base.PkgId, path::String, ocachepath::String, sourcepath::String, depmods::Vector{Any})
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1481
  [9] _require_search_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, sourcepath::String, build_id::UInt128)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1574
 [10] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1938
 [11] __require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1812
 [12] #invoke_in_world#3
    @ ./essentials.jl:926 [inlined]
 [13] invoke_in_world
    @ ./essentials.jl:923 [inlined]
 [14] _require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1803
 [15] macro expansion
    @ ./loading.jl:1790 [inlined]
 [16] macro expansion
    @ ./lock.jl:267 [inlined]
 [17] __require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1753
 [18] #invoke_in_world#3
    @ ./essentials.jl:926 [inlined]
 [19] invoke_in_world
    @ ./essentials.jl:923 [inlined]
 [20] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1746
during initialization of module SuiteSparse_jll

Installed packages

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Not forcing channel: 

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  gmp                conda-forge/osx-64::gmp-6.3.0-h73e2aa4_1
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Environment info

active environment : julia-test
    active env location : /Users/mharradon/mambaforge/envs/julia-test
            shell level : 3
       user config file : /Users/mharradon/.condarc
 populated config files : /Users/mharradon/mambaforge/.condarc
                          /Users/mharradon/.condarc
          conda version : 23.11.0
    conda-build version : 3.28.2
         python version : 3.10.10.final.0
                 solver : libmamba (default)
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                          __conda=23.11.0=0
                          __osx=14.4.1=0
                          __unix=0=0
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      conda av data dir : /Users/mharradon/mambaforge/etc/conda
  conda av metadata url : None
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Thanks for taking a look!

[mkitti]

A few thoughts:

1. I only concern myself with the conda-forge channel. If you want Julia support for main, please contact Anaconda, Inc.
2. This is a dependency issue. I suggest contacting https://github.com/conda-forge/suitesparse-feedstock about packaging version 7.
3. For a short term fix, I recommend downloading Julia via the instructions https://julialang.org/downloads/ and managing Julia via juliaup.
4. Another approach would be using the pyjuliacall package, the juliaup package, or the jill package.

[mharradon]

Thanks for the quick reply! To be clear regarding (1), my primary issue here is with running the conda-forge distribution of Julia. I don't install Julia from main in either example (the latter error may be irrelevant due to channel mixing). My primary concern is the warning of improper library linking when running this conda-forge Julia distribution in the most basic installation.

[mkitti]

Again, the problem is that the suitesparse-feedstock is out of date. There's nothing to be done to fix this in this repository.

[minrk]

#276 updates to suitesparse 7

[mkitti]

Thanks. I do need to get around to changing the build to adapt for this. Keeping pinging me if this is not fixed.

[ianna]

Hi @minrk It would be great if it's fixed. Thanks!

[minrk]

#276 is merged, so if someone can check in an hour or two, we can close this if it's fixed.

[orenbenkiki]

I just encountered JuliaSparse/SparseArrays.jl#542 - is this the same issue?

[minrk]

Can you show conda env export? The latest build is not done with cholmod 4, so I think you aren't getting the build where this is fixed

[orenbenkiki]

Here (clean new environment and then conda install julia):

$ conda env export
name: jupyter
channels:
  - conda-forge
  - intel
  - defaults
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=conda_forge
  - _openmp_mutex=4.5=2_gnu
  - arpack=3.9.1=nompi_h77f6705_101
  - bzip2=1.0.8=hd590300_5
  - c-ares=1.28.1=hd590300_0
  - ca-certificates=2024.6.2=hbcca054_0
  - curl=8.8.0=he654da7_0
  - git=2.45.2=pl5321ha099dd3_1
  - gmp=6.3.0=h59595ed_1
  - icu=73.2=h59595ed_0
  - julia=1.10.4=hf18f99d_1
  - keyutils=1.6.1=h166bdaf_0
  - krb5=1.21.2=h659d440_0
  - libblas=3.9.0=22_linux64_openblas
  - libcblas=3.9.0=22_linux64_openblas
  - libcurl=8.8.0=hca28451_0
  - libedit=3.1.20191231=he28a2e2_2
  - libev=4.33=hd590300_2
  - libexpat=2.6.2=h59595ed_0
  - libgcc-ng=13.2.0=h77fa898_10
  - libgfortran-ng=13.2.0=h69a702a_10
  - libgfortran5=13.2.0=h3d2ce59_10
  - libgit2=1.8.1=he8d1d4c_1
  - libgomp=13.2.0=h77fa898_10
  - libhwloc=2.10.0=default_h5622ce7_1001
  - libiconv=1.17=hd590300_2
  - liblapack=3.9.0=22_linux64_openblas
  - libnghttp2=1.58.0=h47da74e_1
  - libopenblas=0.3.27=pthreads_h413a1c8_0
  - libopenblas-ilp64=0.3.27=pthreads_h384dd9e_0
  - libopenlibm4=0.8.1=hd590300_1
  - libssh2=1.11.0=h0841786_0
  - libstdcxx-ng=13.2.0=hc0a3c3a_10
  - libunwind=1.6.2=h9c3ff4c_0
  - libutf8proc=2.8.0=h166bdaf_0
  - libxcrypt=4.4.36=hd590300_1
  - libxml2=2.12.7=hc051c1a_1
  - libzlib=1.3.1=h4ab18f5_1
  - mbedtls=3.5.1=h59595ed_0
  - metis=5.1.0=h59595ed_1007
  - mpfr=4.2.1=h9458935_1
  - ncurses=6.5=h59595ed_0
  - openblas-ilp64=0.3.27=pthreads_h3d04fff_0
  - openlibm=0.8.1=hd590300_1
  - openssl=3.3.1=h4ab18f5_0
  - p7zip=16.02=h9c3ff4c_1001
  - pcre2=10.44=h0f59acf_0
  - perl=5.32.1=7_hd590300_perl5
  - suitesparse=7.7.0=hf4753ba_1
  - tbb=2021.12.0=h297d8ca_1
  - xz=5.2.6=h166bdaf_0
  - zlib=1.3.1=h4ab18f5_1
  - zstd=1.5.6=ha6fb4c9_0
prefix: /home/obk/anaconda3/envs/jupyter

[minrk]

Yes, I think I am starting to understand. That message doesn't quite mean what it says - SparseArrays expects a particular version of suitesparse that it would usually be compiled against, but doesn't check what it was actually compiled against. It mistakenly claims that this is the version julia is compiled against, which is not true, but it does appropriately warn that the version is significantly different from what it expects. Since it's different by a major version, it's reasonable to warn that things might not work.

Our patch is enough to get the current suitesparse to be loaded and everything seems to work, but this hardcoded version check is still there.