Error when executing pixi shell ("The current system has a mismatching virtual package...")

[apcamargo]

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• I have checked that this issue has not already been reported.

• I have confirmed this bug exists on the latest version of pixi, using pixi --version.

Reproducible example

$ pixi --version

pixi 0.28.0

$ pixi init test-project
$ cd test-project
$ pixi shell

  × The current system has a mismatching virtual package. The project requires '__glibc' to be at
  │ least version '2.28' but the system has version '2.26'

Issue description

I face the error mentioned above every time I create a new project and try to execute pixi shell within it. To solve this, I need to add the following to my pixi.toml file (based on the solution provided here):

[system-requirements]
libc = { family="glibc", version="2.26" }

My setup is straightforward, with my $HOME/.config/pixi/config.toml only containing the following:

default-channels = ["conda-forge", "bioconda"]

I am running Amazon Linux release 2 (Karoo).

Expected behavior

pixi shell should start a new shell in the project's environment.

[ruben-arts]

We have a solution in mind that is high on the list of things we need to solve. I acknowledge that this is not a comfortable way to use pixi. The solution is explained here: #346 (comment).

Closing this as a duplicate. Thanks for writing down your current work around for future issue searchers.

[apcamargo]

Thanks for the answer!

I did read that bug report, but since the mismatch was different (glibc, rather than the OS), I decided to open up another issue. Good to know that you guys are working on it.

[ruben-arts]

Yeah no problem! Thanks for being an proactive user!