improve conda-forge workflow

Author: ndgrigorian

.github/workflows/conda-package-cf.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ env:
   TEST_ENV_NAME: test_mkl_umath
   VER_SCRIPT1: "import json; f = open('ver.json', 'r'); j = json.load(f); f.close(); d = j['mkl_umath'][0];"
   VER_SCRIPT2: "print('='.join((d[s] for s in ('version', 'build'))))"
+  CONDA_BUILD_VERSION: 26.3.0
 
 jobs:
   build_linux:
@@ -60,8 +61,20 @@ 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: Build conda package with NumPy 2.x
         run: |
@@ -101,22 +114,36 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@70fc10c6e5e1ce46ad2ea6f2b72d43f7d47b13c3 # v8.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} ${{ runner.os }} Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Update conda
+        run: |
+          conda update -n base --all
+      - name: Install conda-index
+        run: |
+          conda install -n base conda-index -c conda-forge --override-channels
+      - name: Show Conda info
+        run: |
+          conda info --all
+      - name: List base environment packages
+        run: |
+          conda list -n base
       - name: Add conda to system path
         run: echo "$CONDA/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-      - name: Install conda-build
-        run: conda install conda-build
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |
           mkdir -p "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel/linux-64"
           mv "${PACKAGE_NAME}"-*.conda "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel/linux-64"
           conda index "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel"
           # Test channel
           conda search "$PACKAGE_NAME" -c "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel" --override-channels
-
+      - name: Test conda channel
+        run: |
+          conda search "$PACKAGE_NAME" -c "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/channel --override-channels --info --json > "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/ver.json
+          cat "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/ver.json
       - name: Collect dependencies
         run: |
-          CHANNELS=(-c "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel" -c "conda-forge" --override-channels)
-          conda create -n "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}" "$PACKAGE_NAME" "python=${{ matrix.python }}" "${CHANNELS[@]}" --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
+          CHANNELS=(-c "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel" -c "https://software.repos.intel.com/python/conda" -c "conda-forge" --override-channels)
+          PACKAGE_VERSION="$(python -c "${VER_SCRIPT1} ${VER_SCRIPT2}")"
+          conda create -n "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}" "${PACKAGE_NAME}=${PACKAGE_VERSION}" "python=${{ matrix.python }}" "${{ matrix.numpy }}" "${CHANNELS[@]}" --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
       - name: Display lockfile
         run: cat lockfile
 
@@ -139,7 +166,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install mkl_umath
         run: |
           CHANNELS=(-c "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/channel" -c "conda-forge" --override-channels)
-          conda create -n "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}" "python=${{ matrix.python }}" "$PACKAGE_NAME" pytest "${CHANNELS[@]}"
+          PACKAGE_VERSION="$(python -c "${VER_SCRIPT1} ${VER_SCRIPT2}")"
+          conda create -n "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}" "python=${{ matrix.python }}" "$PACKAGE_NAME=${PACKAGE_VERSION}" "${{ matrix.numpy }}" pytest "${CHANNELS[@]}"
           # Test installed packages
           conda list -n "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}"
 
@@ -187,10 +215,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         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@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
@@ -209,11 +239,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "CONDA_BLD=$CONDA/conda-bld/win-64/" | tr "\\\\" '/' >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      - name: Install conda build
-        run: |
-          conda install -n base -y conda-build
-          conda list -n base
-
       - name: Build conda package
         run: |
           conda build --no-test --python ${{ matrix.python }} --numpy ${{ matrix.numpy }} -c conda-forge --override-channels conda-recipe-cf
@@ -249,15 +274,24 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
+          auto-update-conda: true
           miniforge-version: latest
-          channels: conda-forge
           activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          channels: conda-forge
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install conda-index
         run: |
           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 with the artifact bit
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         run: |