The channeldata.json file in the channel is not updated by running the conda index command

[zhuwqvip]

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What is the idea?

When I remove a conda package from the channel in the linux-64 directory, I run conda index. I found that channeldata.json in the channel has not been updated, and the deleted conda package is still stored in channeldata.json and index.html files. This is what I don't want. We then look at time to see that channeldata.json hasn't changed

[root@h19r3n31 condatest]# conda index .
[root@h19r3n31 condatest]# ll
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3806 6月 14 15:31 channeldata.json
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 6月 14 14:23 icons
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3061 6月 14 15:34 index.html
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 6月 14 15:34 linux-64
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 6月 14 15:34 noarch

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[dholth]

Try python -m conda_index --channeldata .

Unfortunately channeldata has never been able to remove packages from channeldata.json. If you delete channeldata.json and regenerate that would solve the problem. This file is generated from every subdir combined so it would be slow to find removed packages.

I think the old conda index command should update channeldata.json by default, if that behaviour has changed that's a bug.

channeldata.json is only used by conda-build in specific situations.

This ticket belongs in https://github.com/conda/conda-index

[dholth]

See also #53

[EBenkler]

Try python -m conda_index --channeldata .

This actually works and updates channeldata.json and index.html in the channel folder.

I think the old conda index command should update channeldata.json by default, if that behaviour has changed that's a bug.

Instead, conda index does not update channeldata.json and index.html in the channel folder, so it seems this is indeed a bug.

[dholth]

The behavior, CLI and implementation of "conda index" has changed. It should be much faster than the older implementation but some adjustments will have to be made to scripts.