Python multiprocessing with POWER8 throws up error

[kalefranz]

From @DiableJambe on March 28, 2018 17:18

I installed miniconda for POWER8 . When I use python multiprocessing, I get the following error:

"Error: processor architecture is not supported in cpuinfo"

Eventhough some threads still run, about half the threads remain inactive. Please help addressing this.

I'm submitting a...

• [ ] bug report
• [ ] feature request

Current Behavior

Steps to Reproduce

Expected Behavior

Environment Information

`conda info`

``` active environment : None user config file : /root/.condarc populated config files : conda version : 4.4.9 conda-build version : not installed python version : 3.6.4.final.0 base environment : /root/miniconda3 (writable) channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/main/linux-ppc64le https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/main/noarch https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/linux-ppc64le https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/linux-ppc64le https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/noarch https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/linux-ppc64le https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch package cache : /root/miniconda3/pkgs /root/.conda/pkgs envs directories : /root/miniconda3/envs /root/.conda/envs platform : linux-ppc64le user-agent : conda/4.4.9 requests/2.18.4 CPython/3.6.4 Linux/4.4.0-116-generic ubuntu/16.04 glibc/2.23 UID:GID : 0:0 netrc file : None offline mode : False ```

`conda config --show-sources`

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`conda list --show-channel-urls`

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`python --version`

``` Python 3.6.4 :: Anaconda, Inc. ```

`nvidia-docker --version`

``` Docker version 17.09.0-ce-rc1, build ae21824 ```

Copied from original issue: conda/conda#7102

[kalefranz]

From @jjhelmus on March 28, 2018 18:12

Can you provide some addition context of the environment where you are seeing the error? Python version, the code that produces the error and the full traceback/error message would all be helpful.

[kalefranz]

From @DiableJambe on March 28, 2018 18:38

Hey, I updated a few details in my original post. I cannot share the codebase (yet), but I am trying to reproduce the error using a smaller example, which I have been unable to so far. Hope to provide an example and a trace shortly ...

A few more details: I am running my code inside a docker container (I have updated the container version above). I did not pull an image for miniconda when I built the docker image, instead I ran the installation shell script in the Dockerfile. I am not sure whether this is the right method.

[kalefranz]

Nothing going on with conda here. Maybe an issue with a particular package (python or something else). Moving to anaconda-issues.