Test tests/test_1345_avro_reader.py failing on macOS 14 (arm64)

[ianna]

          Test `tests/test_1345_avro_reader.py` failing on macOS 14 (arm64)

To follow-up, @ianna and I worked on reproducing the issue on macOS independently of the GitHub action, and we were able to reproduce the seg fault.

System details:

$ sw_vers 
ProductName:		macOS
ProductVersion:		14.5
BuildVersion:		23F79

$ uname -a
uname -a
Darwin [...] 23.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.5.0: Wed May  1 20:16:51 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.121.3~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

After building in a Python 3.1o env. following the instructions¹, we can confirm that the test test_1345_avro_reader is failing.

$ python -m pytest tests/test_1320_mask_identity_defaults.py
[...]
collected 1 item                                                                                                                                                                                          

tests/test_1320_mask_identity_defaults.py .                                                                                                                                                         [100%]

$ python -m pytest tests/test_1345_avro_reader.py            
=========================================================================================== test session starts ===========================================================================================
platform darwin -- Python 3.10.11, pytest-8.2.2, pluggy-1.5.0
rootdir: /path/to/awkward
configfile: pyproject.toml
collected 20 items                                                                                                                                                                                        

tests/test_1345_avro_reader.py Fatal Python error: Segmentation fault

Current thread 0x00000001f755cc00 (most recent call first):
  File "/path/to/awkward/src/awkward/_connect/avro.py", line 81 in __init__
  File "/path/to/awkward/src/awkward/operations/ak_from_avro_file.py", line 48 in from_avro_file
  File "/path/to/awkward/src/awkward/_dispatch.py", line 39 in dispatch
  File "/path/to/awkward/tests/test_1345_avro_reader.py", line 19 in test_int
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/python.py", line 162 in pytest_pyfunc_call
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 103 in _multicall
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120 in _hookexec
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513 in __call__
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/python.py", line 1632 in runtest
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 173 in pytest_runtest_call
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 103 in _multicall
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120 in _hookexec
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513 in __call__
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 241 in <lambda>
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 341 in from_call
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 240 in call_and_report
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 135 in runtestprotocol
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 116 in pytest_runtest_protocol
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 103 in _multicall
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120 in _hookexec
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513 in __call__
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 364 in pytest_runtestloop
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 103 in _multicall
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120 in _hookexec
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513 in __call__
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 339 in _main
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 285 in wrap_session
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 332 in pytest_cmdline_main
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 103 in _multicall
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120 in _hookexec
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513 in __call__
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py", line 178 in main
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py", line 206 in console_main
  File "/path/to/awkward-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pytest/__main__.py", line 7 in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 86 in _run_code
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 196 in _run_module_as_main

Extension modules: numpy._core._multiarray_umath, numpy._core._multiarray_tests, numpy.linalg._umath_linalg (total: 3)

Originally posted by @jcfr in #3164 (comment)

Footnotes

1. https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward?tab=readme-ov-file#installation-for-developers ↩

[ianna]

fixed via #3167