[CMake] Issues trying to use the Anaconda compiler tools with CMake

Isaiah Norton isaiah.norton at gmail.com
Mon Aug 13 12:35:03 EDT 2018


See also:

https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/merge_requests/207


https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/17483 (looks semi-related)

Ray Donnelly, who filed those issues, maintains the Anaconda compiler
toolchain -- so you are in good company hitting this issue. It looks like
some conda recipes explicitly define INSTALL_RPATH, likely for this reason:

https://github.com/AnacondaRecipes/vtk-feedstock/blob/791a1db9026fa2c81d171c38835b512adf221794/recipe/build.sh#L30



On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:54 AM Isaiah Norton <isaiah.norton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The RPATH is not included when using Anaconda because CMake considers the
> Anaconda lib path to be an implicit link directory (as reported by the
> compiler). Look at `$build_dir/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log` in the section
> about "implicit link info".
>
> The simplest work-around is to set BUILD_RPATH manually, and possibly also
> INSTALL_RPATH, depending on what conda-build's fixup routine expects.
>
> For example, adding this line near the top of your example CMakeList fixed
> the resulting binary, at least in the build directory:
>
> set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH "$ENV{CONDA_PREFIX}/lib")
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:55 PM Sebastián Mancilla <smancill at jlab.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to use Conda as a package manager for isolated C++ development
>> environments. But unfortunately, when using CMake with the
>> Anaconda-provided
>> compilers [1] (which are used to compile the binary packages in the
>> Anaconda
>> repositories), things do not work as expected.
>>
>> I have a small test case available here [2], with an executable calling a
>> shared library and a third-party dependency installed with Conda.
>>
>> [1]:
>> https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/build-packages/compiler-tools.html
>> [2]: https://gist.github.com/smancill/b28ca07ac11fdf285b4d559545a1630b
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>> First, when using the system compiler, all works fine (but I am not sure
>> of the
>> binary compatibility with the Conda packages, that's why I want to use the
>> Anaconda compilers):
>>
>>     # create the environment and install XercesC
>>     $ conda create -n test-system xerces-c
>>     ...
>>     environment location:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system
>>     ...
>>     The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:
>>
>>     icu:       58.2-h4b95b61_1
>>     libcxx:    4.0.1-h579ed51_0
>>     libcxxabi: 4.0.1-hebd6815_0
>>     xerces-c:  3.2.1-h44e365a_0
>>     ...
>>
>>     # activate the environment
>>     $ conda activate test-system
>>
>>     $ mkdir build-osx-system
>>     $ cd build-osx-system
>>     $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX
>> -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX ..
>>     -- The CXX compiler identification is AppleClang 9.0.0.9000039
>>     -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
>>     -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
>>     ...
>>     -- Found XercesC:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/lib/libxerces-c.dylib
>> (found version "3.2.1")
>>     -- Configuring done
>>     -- Generating done
>>     -- Build files have been written to:
>> /Users/smancill/src/conda-test/build-osx-system
>>
>>     $ make -j1 VERBOSE=1
>>     ...
>>     [100%] Linking CXX executable bar
>>     /usr/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/bar.dir/link.txt
>> --verbose=1
>>     /usr/bin/c++   -isysroot
>> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk
>> -mmacosx-version-min=10.12 -Wl,-search_paths_first
>> -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names  CMakeFiles/bar.dir/bar.cpp.o  -o bar
>> -Wl,-rpath,/Users/smancill/src/conda-test/build-osx-system
>> -Wl,-rpath,/Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/lib
>> libfoo.dylib
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/lib/libxerces-c.dylib
>>     ...
>>
>> The build directory (~/src/conda-test/build-osx-system) and the conda
>> environment lib directory (~/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/lib)
>> are correctly added to the RPATH in the build tree by the link command:
>>
>>     $ ./bar
>>     Hello, world!
>>
>>     $ otool -L ./bar
>>     ./bar:
>>         @rpath/libfoo.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version
>> 0.0.0)
>>         @rpath/libxerces-c-3.2.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0,
>> current version 0.0.0)
>>         /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>> version 400.9.0)
>>         /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>> version 1252.0.0)
>>
>>     $ otool -l ./bar | grep -A2 LC_RPATH
>>             cmd LC_RPATH
>>         cmdsize 56
>>             path /Users/smancill/src/conda-test/build-osx-system (offset
>> 12)
>>     --
>>             cmd LC_RPATH
>>         cmdsize 80
>>             path
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/lib (offset 12)
>>
>> If I install the binary, it fails because I haven't configured CMake to
>> set the install RPATH:
>>
>>     $ make install
>>     ...
>>     Install the project...
>>     -- Install configuration: ""
>>     -- Installing:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/lib/libfoo.dylib
>>     -- Installing:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/include/foo.hpp
>>     -- Installing:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/bin/bar
>>
>>     $ bar
>>     dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libfoo.dylib
>>       Referenced from:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda4/envs/test-system/bin/bar
>>       Reason: image not found
>>     [1]    84611 abort      bar
>>
>>     $ otool -L $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/bar
>>     /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-system/bin/bar:
>>         @rpath/libfoo.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version
>> 0.0.0)
>>         @rpath/libxerces-c-3.2.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0,
>> current version 0.0.0)
>>         /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>> version 400.9.0)
>>         /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>> version 1252.0.0)
>>
>>     $ otool -l $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/bar | grep -A2 LC_RPATH
>>     # empty
>>
>>     # deactivate the environment to start again
>>     $ conda deactivate
>>
>> The same can be observed on Linux. Everything works as it should.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>> If I try to use Anaconda compilers on macOS, the build RPATH is not set
>> properly anymore:
>>
>>     # create the environment and install the Anaconda compiler for macOS,
>> and XercesC
>>     $ conda create -n test-conda clangxx_osx-64 xerces-c
>>     ...
>>     environment location:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-conda
>>     ...
>>     The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:
>>
>>         cctools:        895-h7512d6f_0
>>         clang:          4.0.1-h662ec87_0
>>         clang_osx-64:   4.0.1-h1ce6c1d_11
>>         clangxx:        4.0.1-hc9b4283_0
>>         clangxx_osx-64: 4.0.1-h22b1bf0_11
>>         compiler-rt:    4.0.1-h5487866_0
>>         icu:            58.2-h4b95b61_1
>>         ld64:           274.2-h7c2db76_0
>>         libcxx:         4.0.1-h579ed51_0
>>         libcxxabi:      4.0.1-hebd6815_0
>>         llvm:           4.0.1-hc748206_0
>>         llvm-lto-tapi:  4.0.1-h6701bc3_0
>>         xerces-c:       3.2.1-h44e365a_0
>>     ...
>>
>>     # activate the environment (which sets the variables to use the
>> Anaconda compiler)
>>     $ conda activate test-conda
>>
>>     $ mkdir build-osx-conda
>>     $ cd build-osx-conda
>>     $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX
>> -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX ..
>>     -- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 4.0.1
>>     -- Check for working CXX compiler:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0-clang++
>>     -- Check for working CXX compiler:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0-clang++
>> -- works
>>     ...
>>     -- Found XercesC:
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib/libxerces-c.dylib
>> (found version "3.2.1")
>>     -- Configuring done
>>     -- Generating done
>>     -- Build files have been written to:
>> /Users/smancill/src/conda-test/build-osx-conda
>>
>>     $ make -j1 VERBOSE=1
>>     ...
>>     [100%] Linking CXX executable bar
>>     /usr/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/bar.dir/link.txt
>> --verbose=1
>>
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0-clang++
>> -march=core2 -mtune=haswell -mssse3 -ftree-vectorize -fPIC -fPIE
>> -fstack-protector-strong -O2 -pipe -stdlib=libc++
>> -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -std=c++14 -fmessage-length=0 -isysroot
>> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk
>> -mmacosx-version-min=10.12 -Wl,-search_paths_first
>> -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -Wl,-pie -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names
>> -Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs CMakeFiles/bar.dir/bar.cpp.o  -o bar
>> -Wl,-rpath,/Users/smancill/src/conda-test/build-osx-conda libfoo.dylib
>> /Users/smancill/.local/share/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib/libxerces-c.dylib
>>     ...
>>
>> You can see that the environment lib path is not added to the RPATH by
>> the link command,
>> which in turns result in the executable not running from the build tree
>> anymore:
>>
>>     $ ./bar
>>     dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libxerces-c-3.2.dylib
>>       Referenced from:
>> /Users/smancill/src/conda-test/build-osx-conda/./bar
>>       Reason: image not found
>>     [1]    89350 abort      ./bar
>>
>>     $ otool -L ./bar
>>     ./bar:
>>         @rpath/libfoo.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version
>> 0.0.0)
>>         @rpath/libxerces-c-3.2.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0,
>> current version 0.0.0)
>>         @rpath/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>> version 1.0.0)
>>         /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>> version 1252.0.0)
>>
>>     $ otool -l ./bar | grep -A2 LC_RPATH
>>           cmd LC_RPATH
>>       cmdsize 56
>>          path /Users/smancill/src/conda-test/build-osx-conda (offset 12)
>>
>>     # deactivate the environment
>>     $ conda deactivate
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>> If I try the Anaconda compilers on Linux, there are strange results too:
>>
>>     # create the environment and install the Anaconda compiler for Linux,
>> and XercesC
>>     $ conda create -n test-conda gxx_linux-64 xerces-c
>>     ...
>>     environment location: /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda
>>     ...
>>     The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:
>>
>>         binutils_impl_linux-64: 2.28.1-had2808c_3
>>         binutils_linux-64:      7.2.0-had2808c_27
>>         gcc_impl_linux-64:      7.2.0-habb00fd_3
>>         gcc_linux-64:           7.2.0-h550dcbe_27
>>         gxx_impl_linux-64:      7.2.0-hdf63c60_3
>>         gxx_linux-64:           7.2.0-h550dcbe_27
>>         icu:                    58.2-h9c2bf20_1
>>         libgcc-ng:              7.2.0-hdf63c60_3
>>         libstdcxx-ng:           7.2.0-hdf63c60_3
>>         xerces-c:               3.2.1-hac72e42_0
>>
>>     # activate the environment (which sets the variables to use the
>> Anaconda compiler)
>>     $ conda activate test-conda
>>
>>     $ mkdir build-linux-conda
>>     $ cd build-linux-conda
>>     $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX
>> -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX ..
>>     -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 7.2.0
>>     -- Check for working CXX compiler:
>> /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-c++
>>     -- Check for working CXX compiler:
>> /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-c++
>> -- works
>>     ...
>>     -- Found XercesC:
>> /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib/libxerces-c.so (found version
>> "3.2.1")
>>     -- Configuring done
>>     -- Generating done
>>     -- Build files have been written to:
>> /vagrant/conda-test/build-linux-conda
>>
>>     $ make -j1 VERBOSE=1
>>     ...
>>     [100%] Linking CXX executable bar
>>     /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/bar.dir/link.txt
>> --verbose=1
>>
>> /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-c++
>>  -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -std=c++17 -fmessage-length=0 -march=nocona
>> -mtune=haswell -ftree-vectorize -fPIC -fstack-protector-strong -fno-plt -O2
>> -pipe    -Wl,-O2 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now
>> CMakeFiles/bar.dir/bar.cpp.o  -o bar libfoo.so
>> /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib/libxerces-c.so
>> -Wl,-rpath,/vagrant/conda-test/build-linux-conda:/home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib:
>>     ...
>>
>> You can see that the environment lib path is added to the RPATH by the
>> link
>> command (unlike macOS):
>>
>>     $ ./bar
>>     Hello World!
>>
>> But when inspecting the dependencies, the environment lib path appears
>> twice:
>>
>>     $ readelf -d ./bar
>>     ...
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libfoo.so]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [
>> libxerces-c-3.2.so]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library:
>> [libstdc++.so.6]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library:
>> [libgcc_s.so.1]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libc.so.6]
>>      0x000000000000000f (RPATH)              Library rpath:
>> [/home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib:/vagrant/conda-test/build-linux-conda:/home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib:]
>>     ...
>>
>> Which is wrong. Now the build tree binary will pick first any old version
>> of
>> the foo library installed in the environment instead of the version in the
>> build tree.
>>
>> It seems that the Anaconda toolchain is setting the environment lib path
>> into
>> the RPATH by its own. It is also set when installing the binaries, even
>> when
>> CMake is not configured to set the install RPATH:
>>
>>     $ make install
>>     ...
>>     Install the project...
>>     -- Install configuration: ""
>>     -- Installing: /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib/libfoo.so
>>     -- Installing:
>> /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/include/foo.hpp
>>     -- Installing: /home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/bar
>>     -- Set runtime path of
>> "/home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/bin/bar" to ""
>>
>>     $ bar
>>     Hello World!
>>
>>     $ readelf -d $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/bar
>>     ...
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libfoo.so]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [
>> libxerces-c-3.2.so]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library:
>> [libstdc++.so.6]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library:
>> [libgcc_s.so.1]
>>      0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libc.so.6]
>>      0x000000000000000f (RPATH)              Library rpath:
>> [/home/vagrant/miniconda3/envs/test-conda/lib]
>>     ...
>>
>>     # deactivate the environment
>>     $ conda deactivate
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>> TL;DR I cannot get CMake and the Anaconda compilers and packages working
>> correctly.
>>
>> - On macOS, the Conda environment library path is not added to the build
>> RPATH.
>> - On Linux, the Conda environment library path is always added to the
>> RPATH
>>   (in both build and install) independently of CMake.
>>
>> Any advice or workarounds?
>>
>> --
>> Sebastian Mancilla
>> --
>>
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