From 22cebaa1d955ee6eb3add4f923e3649d164bd187 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Mims <jacob.mims@llt-4728136.ad.gfdl.noaa.gov>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:20:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] remove old conda envs if found on build

---
 src/conda/conda_env_setup.sh | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/conda/conda_env_setup.sh b/src/conda/conda_env_setup.sh
index 67b0a2239..6bbf6ba9e 100755
--- a/src/conda/conda_env_setup.sh
+++ b/src/conda/conda_env_setup.sh
@@ -166,8 +166,15 @@ if [ "$make_envs" = "true" ]; then
         else
             conda_prefix="${_CONDA_ENV_ROOT}/${env_name}"
         fi
+	echo "$conda_prefix"
+	if [ -d "$conda_prefix" ]; then
+		# remove conda env of same name
+		echo "Removing previous conda env ${env_name}..."
+		conda remove -q -y -n "$env_name" --all
+		echo "... previous env ${env_name} removed."
+	fi
         echo "Creating conda env ${env_name} in ${conda_prefix}..."
-        "$_INSTALL_EXE" env create --force -q -p="$conda_prefix" -f="$env_file"
+        "$_INSTALL_EXE" env create -q -p="$conda_prefix" -f="$env_file" 
         echo "... conda env ${env_name} created."
     done
     "$_INSTALL_EXE" clean -aqy
@@ -196,4 +203,4 @@ fi
 echo "\"\${_mdtf}/mdtf_framework.py\" \"\$@\"" >> "$_CONDA_WRAPPER"
 echo "exit \$?" >> "$_CONDA_WRAPPER"
 chmod +x "$_CONDA_WRAPPER"
-echo "Created MDTF wrapper script at ${_CONDA_WRAPPER}"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Created MDTF wrapper script at ${_CONDA_WRAPPER}"