FAQ

(Q) How to address permission denied (publickey) in circle builds?

When you see this error in a circle build:

Permission denied (publickey).

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Exited with code 128

open a new issue with a comment @conda-forge-admin, please update circle. Once our web services updated the circle configuration, restart the build.

(Q) Why does conda-build ignore the py37 selector in meta.yaml?

TL;DR: replace py37 with py==37.

conda-build has changed the selector syntax. You are now encouraged to use py==<version>, instead of py<version>. While the legacy selectors py27 and py36 are still valid, py37 and higher are not available anymore.

Please use the new syntax py==27, py==36 and py==37 to avoid confusion.

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(Q) What do build numbers above 1000 signify? How do I treat them?

TL;DR: there is no need for build numbers larger than 1000 anymore.

When you update a feedstock that still uses build numbers > 1000, following rules apply:

  • when you increase the version, reset the build number back to 0 (e.g. 1005 -> 0).

  • when the version stays the same and you need to upload a new package, increase the build number by 1 (e.g. 1005 -> 1006).

Backstory: Build numbers of 1000 and larger are a relic from the compiler migration, where a build number offset of 1000 signified that a package was migrated to the new compilers. Since the completion of the compiler migration, this offsetting is not needed anymore. However, we cannot simply subtract the offset without updating the version, due to higher build numbers being preferred by the solver. Therefore build numbers above 1000 will gradually vanish as packages get updated to newer versions.

(Q) How to fix CMake not finding MSBuild.exe on Azure Windows builds?

TL;DR: Use Ninja or NMake Makefiles JOM as the CMake generator (cmake -G"Ninja"), and add build requirements for ninja or jom.

Sadly in the Azure Windows images, MSBuild.exe is not correctly setup for CMake builds with the Visual Studio generators. To work around this, you can use a different CMake generator, e.g. cmake -GNinja or cmake -G"NMake Makefiles JOM". These two are preferred because they allow for concurrent builds in contrast to e.g. only using cmake -G"NMake Makefiles"

(Q) Why does my new version appear on Anaconda Cloud, but is not installable with conda?

For certain, high-traffic channels (main & conda-forge), Anaconda uses a CDN to decrease costs. The CDN is only reindexed every 20 min, however Anaconda.org uses the original channel that the CDN mirrors. Therefore, packages will show up on the anaconda.org ~20-40 min before they are downloadable by conda. You can use conda search <pkg> to see if the package is installable, because this command reads from the CDN.