lmcinnes / lmcinnes/pynndescent

Crashing on Import

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Description

I'm using pynndescent as a dependency in a project and it has begun crashing the python kernel without any error data when imported within a docker container. It works when imported into a native python shell.

Hardware: Apple M4 Pro
Python: 3.11
colima version 0.8.1
runtime: docker
arch: aarch64
client: v28.0.4
server: v27.4.0

I was able to duplicate this within a virgin docker container using docker run -it python:3.11 bash and installing pynndescent via pip, causes the following error Illegal instruction (core dumped). I tried to build the package, same issue. Not sure how to proceed.

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Start by reproducing the failure with docker run -it python:3.11 bash, then install pynndescent with pip and attempt the import on the reported aarch64 Docker setup. Compare that result with a native Python shell and the source build attempt. Done means identifying the import-time cause of the illegal instruction and confirming that importing pynndescent no longer crashes the container.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, python
Domain
devops, machine-learning, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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