Cap libmpich-dev under 4.2

Signed-off-by: sfc-gh-mvashishtha <mahesh.vashishtha@snowflake.com>
modin-project · Jan 15, 2025 · 0aea0ae · 0aea0ae
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -116,9 +116,11 @@ jobs:
           MODIN_ENGINE=dask python -c "import modin.pandas as pd; print(pd.DataFrame([1,2,3]))"
           MODIN_ENGINE=ray python -c "import modin.pandas as pd; print(pd.DataFrame([1,2,3]))"
       - name: Ensure MPI engine start up
-        # Install a working MPI implementation beforehand so mpi4py can link to it
+        # Install a working MPI implementation beforehand so mpi4py can link to it.
+        # Cap libmpich-dev under version 4.2, which does not seem to work:
+        # https://github.com/modin-project/modin/issues/7419
         run: |
-          sudo apt install libmpich-dev
+          sudo apt install libmpich-dev<4.2
           python -m pip install -e ".[mpi]"
           MODIN_ENGINE=unidist UNIDIST_BACKEND=mpi mpiexec -n 1 python -c "import modin.pandas as pd; print(pd.DataFrame([1,2,3]))"
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu'