ImportError: libexpat.so.1 with fiona>=1.10

[soxofaan]

Importing fiona in a minimal docker container fails with 1.10

❯ docker run --rm -it python:3.11-slim-bookworm /bin/bash
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root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# python -m pip install fiona
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Downloading fiona-1.10.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (17.3 MB)
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Successfully installed attrs-24.3.0 certifi-2024.12.14 click-8.1.8 click-plugins-1.1.1 cligj-0.7.2 fiona-1.10.1
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root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# python -c "import fiona"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fiona/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from fiona._env import (
ImportError: libexpat.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Downgrading to <1.10 works without issue:

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root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# python -m pip install 'fiona<1.10'
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Downloading fiona-1.9.6-cp311-cp311-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (15.7 MB)
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Successfully installed fiona-1.9.6 six-1.17.0
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root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# python -c "import fiona;print(fiona)"
<module 'fiona' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fiona/__init__.py'>

[soxofaan]

FYI, libexpat seems to be included in 1.9.6 wheel, but not in 1.10:

root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# python -m pip install -U 'fiona==1.9.6'
root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# find /usr/local/lib/ -name libexpat*
/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fiona.libs/libexpat-fiona-7e7d8668.so.1.6.8

root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# python -m pip install -U 'fiona==1.10.0'
root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# find /usr/local/lib/ -name libexpat*
# no results

root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# python -m pip install -U 'fiona==1.10.1'
root@c4ab4a8d0a92:/# find /usr/local/lib/ -name libexpat*
# no results