MatchSpec.conda_build_form() expects version to be set #11200
Description
Acceptance Criteria
- Provide a sensible default for
version(e.g.*) when it is not set in theconda_build_formmethod of the MatchSpec class (https://github.com/conda/conda/blob/master/conda/models/match_spec.py#L374)
Checklist
- I added a descriptive title
- I searched for other issues and couldn't find a solution or duplication
- I already searched in Google and didn't find any good information or help
- I looked at the docs and didn't see anything to help
What happened?
The compatibility layer between conda-build and conda has some rough edges here and there. Here you can see one more.
conda_build_form() expects the version field to be populated, otherwise it fails with an AssertionError. However, it could default to * instead of erroring out.
Conda info
active environment : base
active env location : /opt/conda
shell level : 1
user config file : /home/test_user/.condarc
populated config files :
conda version : 4.11.0.post55+0c7211356
conda-build version : 3.21.7
python version : 3.7.11.final.0
virtual packages : __linux=5.11.0=0
__glibc=2.28=0
__unix=0=0
__archspec=1=x86_64
base environment : /opt/conda (read only)
conda av data dir : /opt/conda/etc/conda
conda av metadata url : None
channel URLs : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/linux-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/linux-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
package cache : /opt/conda/pkgs
/home/test_user/.conda/pkgs
envs directories : /home/test_user/.conda/envs
/opt/conda/envs
platform : linux-64
user-agent : conda/4.11.0.post55+0c7211356 requests/2.27.1 CPython/3.7.11 Linux/5.11.0-1028-azure debian/10 glibc/2.28
UID:GID : 1001:1001
netrc file : None
offline mode : FalseConda config
Same as CI for Docker imageConda list
Same as CI for Docker imageAdditional Context
This is an error we are seeing while running the solver tests for libmamba. We are patching the tests instead, but I think it would be cleaner to fix this "bug".