Fixed bug where read-permission was assumed for a file. #497

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -275,3 +275,10 @@ Bug fixes:
 Documentation:
  - Improved documentation for GPUs that do not support 8-bit matmul. #529
  - Added description and pointers for the NF4 data type. #543
+
+### 0.40.2
+
+Bug fixes:
+ - Fixed a but where a non-existent LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable led to a failure in python -m bitsandbytes #588
+ - Removed outdated get_cuda_lib_handle calls that lead to errors. #595 Thank you @ihsanturk
+ - Fixed bug where read-permission was assumed for a file. #497

bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/main.py

@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ def remove_non_existent_dirs(candidate_paths: Set[Path]) -> Set[Path]:
         except OSError as exc:
             if exc.errno != errno.ENAMETOOLONG:
                 raise exc
+        except PermissionError as pex:
+            pass
 
     non_existent_directories: Set[Path] = candidate_paths - existent_directories
     if non_existent_directories:

setup.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name=f"bitsandbytes",
-    version=f"0.40.1.post1",
+    version=f"0.40.2",
     author="Tim Dettmers",
     author_email="dettmers@cs.washington.edu",
     description="k-bit optimizers and matrix multiplication routines.",