`neuronx-cc compile --help` crashes with "unsupported format character"

[dadmobile]

Describe the bug

The compiler's help text cannot be displayed:

$ neuronx-cc compile --help
unsupported format character ' ' (0x20) at index 661

Diagnostic information:
  NeuronX Compiler version 2.27.5334.0+f702b353
  Python version 3.12.3

A % in one of the help strings is being interpreted as a printf-style format
specifier. Index 661 puts it inside the option descriptions.

Model Name

Not model specific.

Describe the workload type

No workload specific.

Instance Type

trn2.48xlarge (not instance-specific)

Release version

neuronx-cc     2.27.5334.0+f702b353
Python         3.12.3

Reproduction Steps

neuronx-cc compile --help

Regression Issue

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Possible Solution

Escape the % as %% in the affected help string, or switch that string to a
non-percent formatter.

Logs/Context/Additional Information

No response

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[FThompsonAWS]

@dadmobile Thank you for reporting this issue. We've prepared a fix that will be included in an upcoming release.