How to use Packagecompiler.jl to build an application ?

[CaiCandong]

I tried to use packagecompiler.jl to build a GUI Application using gui.jl code

function julia_main()::Cint
    # do something based on ARGS?
    include("gui.jl")
    return 0 # if things finished successfully
end 

When I executed the packaged exe, I encountered an error:

C:\Users\root\Desktop\MyApp\MyAppCompiled\bin>GUI.exe
C++ exception while wrapping module QML: StlWrapper was not instantiated
fatal: error thrown and no exception handler available.
InitError(mod=:QML, error=ErrorException("StlWrapper was not instantiated"))
jl_error at /cygdrive/c/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\rtutils.c:41
register_julia_module at C:\Users\root\Desktop\MyApp\MyAppCompiled\share\julia\artifacts\3a85b9221302007ea676072f41ef1728ee0a3147\bin\libcxxwrap_julia.dll (unknown line)
register_julia_module at C:\Users\root\.julia\packages\CxxWrap\ptbgM\src\CxxWrap.jl:406 [inlined]
initialize_julia_module at C:\Users\root\.julia\packages\CxxWrap\ptbgM\src\CxxWrap.jl:414
__init__ at C:\Users\root\.julia\packages\QML\QJmAc\src\QML.jl:87
jfptr___init___35081.clone_1 at C:\Users\root\Desktop\MyApp\MyAppCompiled\lib\julia\sys.dll (unknown line)
jl_apply at /cygdrive/c/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\julia.h:1788 [inlined]
jl_module_run_initializer at /cygdrive/c/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\toplevel.c:73
_finish_julia_init at /cygdrive/c/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\init.c:796
jl_init_with_image at /cygdrive/c/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\jlapi.c:74 [inlined]
jl_init_with_image at /cygdrive/c/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\jlapi.c:63 [inlined]
jl_init at /cygdrive/c/buildbot/worker/package_win64/build/src\jlapi.c:90
.text at C:\Users\root\Desktop\MyApp\MyAppCompiled\bin\GUI.exe (unknown line)
__tmainCRTStartup at C:\Users\root\Desktop\MyApp\MyAppCompiled\bin\GUI.exe (unknown line)
.l_start at C:\Users\root\Desktop\MyApp\MyAppCompiled\bin\GUI.exe (unknown line)
BaseThreadInitThunk at C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL (unknown line)
RtlUserThreadStart at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll (unknown line)

[pptav0]

I confirm same issue on MacOs ARM, using grid.jl example, testing with multiprocessing as part of a simple test for further application.

precompile_file

using Distributed;
addprocs(1; exeflags="--project");

@everywhere using MyApp
MyApp.julia_main()

julia_main().

module MyApp
using Distributed

include("./examples/grid.jl")

function julia_main()::Cint
    t = @spawnat 2 main() # main() hast the grid routine
    wait(t)
    return 0
end

end 

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.7.3
Commit 742b9abb4d (2022-05-06 12:58 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin21.4.0)
  CPU: Apple M1
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-12.0.1 (ORCJIT, westmere)

Output after compilation

C++ exception while wrapping module QML: StlWrapper was not instantiated
fatal: error thrown and no exception handler available.
InitError(mod=:QML, error=ErrorException("StlWrapper was not instantiated"))
jl_error at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.7.dylib (unknown line)
register_julia_module at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/share/julia/artifacts/5c402f326a5818eb342a02f9f28cb1dd81cc1a4c/lib/libcxxwrap_julia.0.9.2.dylib (unknown line)
initialize_julia_module at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/sys.dylib (unknown line)
__init__ at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/sys.dylib (unknown line)
jfptr___init___37601 at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/sys.dylib (unknown line)
jl_apply_generic at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.7.dylib (unknown line)
jl_module_run_initializer at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.7.dylib (unknown line)
_finish_julia_init at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.7.dylib (unknown line)
julia_init at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.7.dylib (unknown line)
jl_init at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.7.dylib (unknown line)
main at /Users/user/Codes/MyAppCompiled/bin/MyApp (unknown line)

[JanisErdmanis]

This looks to be a duplicate issue of #164. The PackageCompiler again works with QML 0.9, where the underlying issue seems to have been a bug in the old CxxWrap. I suggest that the issue be closed.