Bug: simsimd-6.2.1-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl contains folder "simsimd." that is failed to be extracted in Linux under NTFS

[vsevolod-oparin]

Describe the bug

Hello, trying to install this package with uv --reinstall. It turns out, uv tries to extract whole whl file. The archive contains "simsimd." folder with trailing dot. Such folder naming is prohibited on Ubuntu under NTFS (shared volume). So it breaks installation flow.

Could you have a look and fix it?

Steps to reproduce

On NTFS volume:

mkdir reproduce && cd reproduce
uv venv --prompt reproduce --python 3.11  .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install simsimd==6.2.1 --reinstall

I'm getting the following error, though I'd expect it to be installed

Resolved 1 package in 52ms
Prepared 1 package in 0.19ms
error: Failed to install: simsimd-6.2.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (simsimd==6.2.1)
  Caused by: failed to create directory `/media/smileijp/NVMe/projects/invoke/reproduce/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/simsimd.`: Invalid argument (os error 22)

Expected behavior

Package should be installed

SimSIMD version

v6.2.1

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Hardware architecture

x86

Which interface are you using?

Python bindings

Contact Details

[email protected]

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Is there an existing issue for this?

• [x] I have searched the existing issues

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[vsevolod-oparin]

Also, listing the content of whl

(reproduce) smileijp@desktop-smile:/media/smileijp/NVMe/projects/invoke/sandbox$ unzip -l simsimd-6.2.1-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl 
Archive:  simsimd-6.2.1-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
        0  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd-6.2.1.dist-info/
        0  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd/
        0  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd./
  1858593  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd.cpython-313-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
        8  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd-6.2.1.dist-info/top_level.txt
      736  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd-6.2.1.dist-info/RECORD
    11357  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd-6.2.1.dist-info/LICENSE
    66010  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd-6.2.1.dist-info/METADATA
      113  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd-6.2.1.dist-info/WHEEL
     9829  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd/__init__.pyi
        0  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd/py.typed
   253289  2024-11-27 12:45   simsimd./libgomp-24e2ab19.so.1.0.0
---------                     -------
  2199935                     12 files

[ashvardanian]

Interesting, will look into potential issues. In the meantime, if anyone else has an answer - I am all ears 🤗

[vsevolod-oparin]

@ashvardanian I bet the problem comes from here: https://github.com/ashvardanian/SimSIMD/blob/main/pyproject.toml#L60

If you check auditwheel, you can see they concatenate lib-sdir (default: .libs) to the name of the package. If you use dot, it will be a dot.

https://github.com/pypa/auditwheel/blob/3e4b6b3fdaf38f5da94d8212542fd7f6138c3b80/src/auditwheel/repair.py#L68

I'd assume if you'll remove "--lib-sdir .", it should fix a problem.

[ashvardanian]

Can be the case! I'm away from the PC now, but if you submit a PR, would be happy to merge it from the phone 🤗

[vsevolod-oparin]

I'm not sure I'll be able to build it quickly. Some issues with gcc and avx512fp16.

[ashvardanian]

You may want to upgrade GCC or disable AVX512FP16 through CMake options.

[ashvardanian]

Hi @vsevolod-oparin! Does the issue repeat with the newer 6.4.7?

[Interpause]

I also get the issue with simsimd-6.4.9-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl. Same situation of using an ntfs3 drive, though I suspect the simsimd. with trailing dot is unintended.

[MMoshtaghi]

I have the same issue : error: Failed to install: simsimd-6.5.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_24_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (simsimd==6.5.0) Caused by: failed to create directory ./.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/simsimd.: Invalid argument (os error 22)

Have you tried removing "--lib-sdir ." ? SimSIMD is now a dependency to many other packages, including usearch, so this bug would affect many others too, i guess.

[ashvardanian]

Can't recall if I've tried that. But in any case, isn't the dot path a valid argument according to docs?

I can merge if someone can draft a solution 🤗

[Kuugo2002]

I tried removing "--lib-sdir .", then reinstalling from the source code, and it worked on NTFS.

[ashvardanian]

I am scared of breaking the Linux CI with that change. I can try it a bit later 🤗