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[vtjnash]

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[lucatrv]

@vtjnash: line if !quiet && !sync should be corrected into if verbose && !sync

[lucatrv]

I am wondering whether pre-compiling all modules within builddir by running the julia compilation command twice is the best solution (also considering that the *.ji files are not required for distributing and running the executable). Would it not be better if julia checked that all required modules are pre-compiled (similarly to when they are loaded interactively) and otherwise pre-compile them within the ~/.julia/lib/vX.X/ directory?

[vtjnash]

Would it not be better if julia checked that all required modules are pre-compiled

yes, that's what running julia twice in this way does (at least the issue of JULIA_HOME is figured out)

[lucatrv]

My point is that julia should verify and when needed pre-compile all modules itself, without the need to run it twice. Moreover the *.ji files should be saved within the ~/.julia/lib/vX.X/ directory instead of in builddir (as if the script was executed). If you agree, maybe should we open an issue in the Julia repository instead of adding a work-around in static-julia?

[vtjnash]

My point is that julia should verify and when needed pre-compile all modules itself, without the need to run it twice

Yeah, this is precisely what it does.

Moreover the *.ji files should be saved within the ~/.julia/lib/vX.X/ directory

Certainly feasible. For my workflow, I don't necessarily have the same copy of Julia running as I used for building static-julia, so I find it easier just to dump them here, but ymmv.

[lucatrv]

@vtjnash, I still do not understand why julia should be run twice, first to build the .ji cache of the used packages and then to actually build the object file, with the following commands (lines 162 and 163):

run(command) # first populate the .ji cache (when JULIA_HOME is defined)
run(`$command --output-o $o_file`) # then output the combined file

I think that julia should always check, when compiling a file, if it also needs to compile the used packages, so that only the second command is needed. Do you agree or what am I missing?
Thanks

[lucatrv]

@vtjnash I am now working on Julia v0.7 support for static-julia, and I have a doubt regarding the following line:

VERSION >= v\"0.7+\" && Base.init_load_path($(repr(JULIA_HOME)))

I think it should be modified as follows:

VERSION >= v\"0.7-\" && Base.init_load_path($(Sys.BINDIR))

can you please confirm?
Thanks

[vtjnash]

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I think there’s an init_depot_path call now too?

[lucatrv]

I could not find any documentation for init_depot_path, should juliac execute both Base.init_depot_path($(Sys.BINDIR)) and Base.init_load_path($(Sys.BINDIR))?

[vtjnash]

@StefanKarpinski

[lucatrv]

@vtjnash @StefanKarpinski with PR #58 juliac.jl now runs both Base.init_depot_path() and Base.init_load_path() (lines 234 and 235), but looking at initdefs.jl I wonder if either one is actually needed, because I guess that Julia automatically initializes both package depots and load_path when it is run. Please let me know if I can remove those commands. Thanks