use setup miniconda params for conda-build

Author: ndgrigorian

.github/workflows/conda-package.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ env:
   TEST_ENV_NAME: test_mkl_random
   VER_SCRIPT1: "import json; f = open('ver.json', 'r'); j = json.load(f); f.close(); "
   VER_SCRIPT2: "d = j['mkl_random'][0]; print('='.join((d[s] for s in ('version', 'build'))))"
+  CONDA_BUILD_VERSION: 26.3.0
 
 jobs:
   build_linux:
@@ -51,9 +52,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Add conda to system path
         run: echo "$CONDA/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
+      - name: Update conda
+        run: |
+          conda update -n base --all
+
       - name: Install conda-build
-        run: conda install conda-build
+        run: conda install -n base conda-build=${{ env.CONDA_BUILD_VERSION }} -c conda-forge --override-channels
+
+      - name: Show Conda info
+        run: |
+          conda info --all
 
+      - name: List base environment packages
+        run: |
+          conda list -n base
+  
       - name: Store conda paths as envs
         shell: bash -el {0}
         run: |
@@ -98,10 +111,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@8ee1f361103df19b6f8c8655fd3967a8ecb162d5 # v4.0.1
         with:
+          auto-update-conda: true
           miniforge-version: latest
           activate-environment: build
           channels: conda-forge
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          conda-build-version: ${{ env.CONDA_BUILD_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Cache conda packages
         uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
@@ -120,9 +135,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "CONDA_BLD=$CONDA/conda-bld/win-64/" | tr "\\\\" '/' >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      - name: Install conda build
+      - name: Show Conda info
+        run: |
+          conda info --all
+
+      - name: List base environment packages
         run: |
-          conda install -n base -y conda-build
           conda list -n base
 
       - name: Build conda package
@@ -165,8 +183,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Add conda to system path
         run: echo "$CONDA/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
+      - name: Update conda
+        run: |
+          conda update -n base --all
+
       - name: Install conda-index
-        run: conda install conda-index
+        run: |
+          conda install -n base conda-index -c conda-forge --override-channels
+
+      - name: Show Conda info
+        run: |
+          conda info --all
+
+      - name: List base environment packages
+        run: |
+          conda list -n base
 
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |
@@ -249,14 +280,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@8ee1f361103df19b6f8c8655fd3967a8ecb162d5 # v4.0.1
         with:
+          auto-update-conda: true
           miniforge-version: latest
           channels: conda-forge
           activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install conda-index
         run: |
-          conda install conda-index
+          conda install -n base conda-index
+
+      - name: Show Conda info
+        run: |
+          conda info --all
+
+      - name: List base environment packages
+        run: |
+          conda list -n base
 
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |