Resolve conflict

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -184,10 +184,14 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         cache: pip
-    - name: Upgrade CMake
+    - name: Install recent CMake and adjust PATH accordingly
       # (needed due to old nvidia/cuda:*ubuntu20.04 being consciously used for many_linux compatibility)
       run: |
         pip install -q cmake==3.28.3
+        CMAKE_BIN_PATH=$(pip show cmake | grep Location | cut -d' ' -f2)/bin
+        echo "CMAKE_BIN_PATH=$CMAKE_BIN_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PATH=$CMAKE_BIN_PATH:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        which cmake
     - name: Install build package
       shell: bash
       run: pip install build

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.1)
 
 project(bitsandbytes LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_VERSION ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
-
+# If run without specifying a build type, default to using the Release configuration:
+#    optimizing the generated binaries for performance and also adds the `-DNDEBUG` flag,
+#    which turns off a bunch of asserts which seem to link to new symbols in libstdc++,
+#    worsening our many_linux compliance..
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif()