empty conda history instead of deleting it
conda uses the presence of this file as a magic indicator of conda envs
so make it empty, not gone
@@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ if [[ -f /tmp/kernel-environment.yml ]]; then
conda env create -n kernel -f /tmp/kernel-environment.yml
${CONDA_DIR}/envs/kernel/bin/ipython kernel install --prefix "${CONDA_DIR}"
- rm -f ${CONDA_DIR}/envs/kernel/conda-meta/history
+ echo '' > ${CONDA_DIR}/envs/kernel/conda-meta/history
fi
-# remove conda history file,
+# empty conda history file,
# which seems to result in some effective pinning of packages in the initial env,
-# which we don't intend
-rm -f ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/history
+# which we don't intend.
+# this file must not be *removed*, however
+echo '' > ${CONDA_DIR}/envs/kernel/conda-meta/history
+
# Clean things out!
conda clean -tipsy
