Image built with latest Julia 1.12 is crashing because of Global Base.PROGRAM_FILE does not exist and cannot be assigned

[ig-or]

Hello,
with update to the latest Julia version I cannot run executables built with Package Compiler. All is crashing with following message:

`fatal: error thrown and no exception handler available.

ErrorException("Global Base.PROGRAM_FILE does not exist and cannot be assigned.\nNote: Julia 1.9 and 1.10 inadvertently omitted this error check (#56933).\nHint: Declare it using global PROGRAM_FILE inside Base before attempting assignment.")

ijl_errorf at C:/workdir/src\rtutils.c:79

ijl_check_binding_currently_writable at C:/workdir/src\module.c:824 [inlined]

ijl_get_binding_wr at C:/workdir/src\module.c:849

wmain at C:\Users\ISandler\space\rdm_rtc_116\bin\rdm_lupin_way_test.exe (unknown line)

__tmainCRTStartup at C:\Users\ISandler\space\rdm_rtc_116\bin\rdm_lupin_way_test.exe (unknown line)

.l_start at C:\Users\ISandler\space\rdm_rtc_116\bin\rdm_lupin_way_test.exe (unknown line)

BaseThreadInitThunk at C:\Windows\System32\KERNEL32.DLL (unknown line)

RtlUserThreadStart at C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll (unknown line)`

I understand that probably one of the 30+ dependencies that I'm using in a project is doing something with PROGRAM_FILE variable. Is there a way to understand in what package the crash happened? Or what is a good way to handle this?

Best regards

[abrisco]

I hit this issue as well for a simple application

"""
A small test script for writing output
"""

module writer

    function parse_args()
    """Parse command-line arguments to extract the output file path."""

        output = nothing
        i = 1
        while i <= length(ARGS)
            if ARGS[i] == "--output" && i < length(ARGS)
                output = ARGS[i + 1]
                i += 2
            else
                i += 1
            end
        end
        return output
    end

    function julia_main(ARGS)
        output = parse_args()

        # Check that --output was provided
        if isnothing(output) || isempty(output)
            error("Usage: writer.jl --output <file path>")
        end

        # Create parent directory if needed
        mkpath(dirname(output))

        # Write the output
        open(output, "w") do f
            println(f, "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo.")
        end

        return 0
    end

    function main()
        julia_main(ARGS)
    end

end

ErrorException("Global Base.PROGRAM_FILE does not exist and cannot be assigned.\nNote: Julia 1.9 and 1.10 inadvertently omitted this error check (#56933).\nHint: Declare it using `global PROGRAM_FILE` inside `Base` before attempting assignment.")
ijl_errorf at /private/var/tmp/standalone_bin/writer_standalone/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib (unknown line)
ijl_check_binding_currently_writable at /private/var/tmp/standalone_bin/writer_standalone/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib (unknown line)
ijl_get_binding_wr at /private/var/tmp/standalone_bin/writer_standalone/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib (unknown line)
main at /private/var/tmp/standalone_bin/writer_standalone/bin/writer (unknown line)

[KristofferC]

I think

PackageCompiler.jl/src/embedding_wrapper.c

Line 159 in a9af8ed

jl_set_global(jl_base_module, jl_symbol("PROGRAM_FILE"), firstarg);

needs to be updated.