`Error reading package image file` on `v1.9.2+`

[fatteneder]

Same error occurs also on v1.9.3, v1.10-beta3, but it works on v1.9.1.

Here I tested with the DocStringExtensions dependency of PkgCacheInsepctor.jl.

PkgCacheInspector.jl|main ⇒ jl --project
               _
   _       _ _(_)_     |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 1.9.2 (2023-07-05)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/                   |

julia> using PkgCacheInspector

julia> info_cachefile("DocStringExtensions")
ERROR: Error reading package image file.
Stacktrace:
 [1] info_cachefile(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, depmods::Vector{Any}, isocache::Bool)
   @ PkgCacheInspector ~/wd/PkgCacheInspector.jl/src/PkgCacheInspector.jl:190
 [2] macro expansion
   @ ~/wd/PkgCacheInspector.jl/src/PkgCacheInspector.jl:222 [inlined]
 [3] macro expansion
   @ ./lock.jl:267 [inlined]
 [4] info_cachefile(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
   @ PkgCacheInspector ~/wd/PkgCacheInspector.jl/src/PkgCacheInspector.jl:199
 [5] info_cachefile(pkg::Base.PkgId)
   @ PkgCacheInspector ~/wd/PkgCacheInspector.jl/src/PkgCacheInspector.jl:236
 [6] info_cachefile(pkgname::String)
   @ PkgCacheInspector ~/wd/PkgCacheInspector.jl/src/PkgCacheInspector.jl:256
 [7] top-level scope
   @ REPL[2]:1

[fatteneder]

I think this report here is related: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/53570#issuecomment-2096980550

I can also reproduce that with other packages, e.g. info_cachefile("Revise") gives the same error, but only after invoking it twice.

[fatteneder]

I have looked a bit into this issue (using v1.12 master). The error seems to be coming from here: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/25c8128d079a48d2e964d47dd9d5e39a7d3641d6/src/staticdata.c#L3666-L3669

In particular, its always the checksum check there that fails, but I haven't gotten any further.

[Zentrik]

I can also reproduce, e.g. info_cachefile("Revise") gives the same error, but only after invoking it twice on Julia Nightly.