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conda: Mixing libblas=*=*mkl and python-lal=*=fftw* causes FFTPlans to fail if numpy is imported before lal

Description of problem

Using this conda environment spec:

channels:
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - 'python > 3.6'
  - 'python-lal=*=fftw*'
  - 'libblas=*=*mkl'
  - numpy

I'm getting XLAL errors with lal.CreateForwardREAL8FFTPlan depending on the order of importing lal and numpy:

>>> lal.CreateForwardREAL8FFTPlan(512, 1)
XLAL Error - XLALCreateREAL8FFTPlan (/home/conda/feedstock_root/build_artifacts/lal-split_1633385125057/work/lib/fft/RealFFT_source.c:120): Generic failure
XLAL Error - XLALCreateForwardREAL8FFTPlan (/home/conda/feedstock_root/build_artifacts/lal-split_1633385125057/work/lib/fft/RealFFT_source.c:136): Internal function call failed: Generic failure

Expected behavior

Order of imports should not matter.

Steps to reproduce

$ python
Python 3.9.7 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Sep 29 2021, 19:23:11) 
[GCC 9.4.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import lal
>>> import numpy
>>> lal.CreateForwardREAL8FFTPlan(512, 1)
<Swig Object of type 'tagREAL8FFTPlan *' at 0x7f2638414570>
$ python
Python 3.9.7 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Sep 29 2021, 19:23:11) 
[GCC 9.4.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy
>>> import lal
>>> lal.CreateForwardREAL8FFTPlan(512, 1)
XLAL Error - XLALCreateREAL8FFTPlan (/home/conda/feedstock_root/build_artifacts/lal-split_1633385125057/work/lib/fft/RealFFT_source.c:120): Generic failure
XLAL Error - XLALCreateForwardREAL8FFTPlan (/home/conda/feedstock_root/build_artifacts/lal-split_1633385125057/work/lib/fft/RealFFT_source.c:136): Internal function call failed: Generic failure
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
RuntimeError: Internal function call failed: Generic failure

Context/environment

System information 
Hostname: Local machine
Operating system: Fedora 34
Python version: 3.9.7
Conda info 
$ conda info
     active environment : gstlal-dev
    active env location : /home/patrick/.conda/envs/core/envs/gstlal-dev
            shell level : 1
       user config file : /home/patrick/.condarc
 populated config files : /home/patrick/.condarc
          conda version : 4.10.3
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.9.7.final.0
       virtual packages : __linux=5.14.9=0
                          __glibc=2.33=0
                          __unix=0=0
                          __archspec=1=x86_64
       base environment : /home/patrick/.conda/envs/core  (writable)
      conda av data dir : /home/patrick/.conda/envs/core/etc/conda
  conda av metadata url : None
           channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64
                          https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/linux-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/linux-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
          package cache : /home/patrick/.conda/envs/core/pkgs
                          /home/patrick/.conda/pkgs
       envs directories : /home/patrick/.conda/envs/core/envs
                          /home/patrick/.conda/envs
               platform : linux-64
             user-agent : conda/4.10.3 requests/2.26.0 CPython/3.9.7 Linux/5.14.9-200.fc34.x86_64 fedora/34 glibc/2.33
                UID:GID : 1000:1000
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False
Conda list 
$ conda list
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
_libgcc_mutex             0.1                 conda_forge    conda-forge
_openmp_mutex             4.5                       1_gnu    conda-forge
c-ares                    1.17.2               h7f98852_0    conda-forge
ca-certificates           2021.10.8            ha878542_0    conda-forge
fftw                      3.3.10          nompi_h74d3f13_101    conda-forge
gsl                       2.7                  he838d99_0    conda-forge
hdf5                      1.12.1          nompi_h7f166f4_101    conda-forge
intel-openmp              2021.3.0          h06a4308_3350  
krb5                      1.19.2               h48eae69_2    conda-forge
ld_impl_linux-64          2.36.1               hea4e1c9_2    conda-forge
libblas                   3.9.0            11_linux64_mkl    conda-forge
libcblas                  3.9.0            11_linux64_mkl    conda-forge
libcurl                   7.79.1               h494985f_1    conda-forge
libedit                   3.1.20191231         he28a2e2_2    conda-forge
libev                     4.33                 h516909a_1    conda-forge
libffi                    3.4.2                h9c3ff4c_4    conda-forge
libgcc-ng                 11.2.0              h1d223b6_11    conda-forge
libgfortran-ng            11.2.0              h69a702a_11    conda-forge
libgfortran5              11.2.0              h5c6108e_11    conda-forge
libgomp                   11.2.0              h1d223b6_11    conda-forge
liblal                    7.1.3           fftw_hbc48cad_103    conda-forge
liblapack                 3.9.0            11_linux64_mkl    conda-forge
libnghttp2                1.43.0               ha19adfc_1    conda-forge
libssh2                   1.10.0               ha35d2d1_2    conda-forge
libstdcxx-ng              11.2.0              he4da1e4_11    conda-forge
libzlib                   1.2.11            h36c2ea0_1013    conda-forge
ligo-segments             1.3.0            py39h3811e60_2    conda-forge
mkl                       2021.3.0           h06a4308_520  
ncurses                   6.2                  h58526e2_4    conda-forge
numpy                     1.21.2           py39hdbf815f_0    conda-forge
openssl                   3.0.0                h7f98852_1    conda-forge
pip                       21.3               pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
python                    3.9.7           hf930737_3_cpython    conda-forge
python-dateutil           2.8.2              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
python-lal                7.1.3           fftw_py39h4fa004c_103    conda-forge
python_abi                3.9                      2_cp39    conda-forge
readline                  8.1                  h46c0cb4_0    conda-forge
scipy                     1.7.1            py39hee8e79c_0    conda-forge
setuptools                58.2.0           py39hf3d152e_0    conda-forge
six                       1.16.0             pyh6c4a22f_0    conda-forge
sqlite                    3.36.0               h9cd32fc_2    conda-forge
tk                        8.6.11               h27826a3_1    conda-forge
tzdata                    2021c                he74cb21_0    conda-forge
wheel                     0.37.0             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
xz                        5.2.5                h516909a_1    conda-forge
zlib                      1.2.11            h36c2ea0_1013    conda-forge
lalapps_version 
$ lalapps_version --verbose

N/A (lalapps not installed)

Suggested solutions

No idea.

Edited by Olivia Godwin