Preserve name of conda exe

constructor/header.sh

@@ -492,9 +492,15 @@ unset PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME _CONDA_PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME
 
 # the first binary payload: the standalone conda executable
 printf "Unpacking bootstrapper...\n"
-CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/_conda"
+CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/{{ conda_exe_name }}"
 extract_range "${boundary0}" "${boundary1}" > "$CONDA_EXEC"
 chmod +x "$CONDA_EXEC"
+
+{%- if conda_exe_name != "_conda" or conda_exe_name != "conda.exe" %}
+# In case there are packages that depend on _conda
+ln -s "$CONDA_EXEC" "$PREFIX"/_conda
+{%- endif %}
+
 {%- for filename, (start, end, executable) in conda_exe_payloads|items %}
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$PREFIX/{{ filename }}")"
 {%- if start == end %}

constructor/osx/prepare_installation.sh

@@ -22,14 +22,19 @@ PREFIX="$2/{{ pkg_name_lower }}"
 PREFIX=$(cd "$PREFIX"; pwd)
 export PREFIX
 echo "PREFIX=$PREFIX"
-CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/_conda"
+CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/{{ conda_exe_name }}"
 # Installers should ignore pre-existing configuration files.
 unset CONDARC
 unset MAMBARC
 # /COMMON UTILS
 
 chmod +x "$CONDA_EXEC"
 
+{%- if conda_exe_name != "_conda" or conda_exe_name != "conda.exe" %}
+# In case there are packages that depend on _conda
+ln -s "$CONDA_EXEC" "$PREFIX"/_conda
+{%- endif %}
+
 # Create a blank history file so conda thinks this is an existing env
 mkdir -p "$PREFIX/conda-meta"
 touch "$PREFIX/conda-meta/history"

constructor/osx/run_installation.sh

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PREFIX="$2/{{ pkg_name_lower }}"
 PREFIX=$(cd "$PREFIX"; pwd)
 export PREFIX
 echo "PREFIX=$PREFIX"
-CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/_conda"
+CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/{{ conda_exe_name }}"
 # Installers should ignore pre-existing configuration files.
 unset CONDARC
 unset MAMBARC

constructor/osx/run_user_script.sh

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PREFIX="$2/{{ pkg_name_lower }}"
 PREFIX=$(cd "$PREFIX"; pwd)
 export PREFIX
 echo "PREFIX=$PREFIX"
-CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/_conda"
+CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/{{ conda_exe_name }}"
 # /COMMON UTILS
 
 # Expose these to user scripts as well

constructor/osxpkg.py

@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ def move_script(src, dst, info, ensure_shebang=False, user_script_type=None):
     variables["no_rcs_arg"] = info.get("_ignore_condarcs_arg", "")
     variables["script_env_variables"] = info.get("script_env_variables", {})
     variables["initialize_conda"] = info.get("initialize_conda", "classic")
+    variables["conda_exe_name"] = Path(info["_conda_exe"]).name
 
     data = render_template(data, **variables)
 
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ def create(info, verbose=False):
 
     # 1. Prepare installation
     # The 'prepare_installation' package contains the prepopulated package cache, the modified
-    # conda-meta metadata staged into pkgs/conda-meta, _conda (conda-standalone),
+    # conda-meta metadata staged into pkgs/conda-meta, _conda (conda-standalone, [--conda-exe]),
     # Optionally, extra files and the user-provided scripts.
     # We first populate PACKAGE_ROOT with everything needed, and then run pkg build on that dir
     fresh_dir(PACKAGE_ROOT)
@@ -589,7 +590,11 @@ def create(info, verbose=False):
     for dist in all_dists:
         os.link(join(CACHE_DIR, dist), join(pkgs_dir, dist))
 
-    copy_conda_exe(prefix, "_conda", info["_conda_exe"])
+    # Note also that this is handled differently between .sh-installers (via header.sh)
+    # and .pkg-installers (via prepare_installation.sh)
+    # since because of differences in unpacking the bootstrapper
+    exe_name = Path(info["_conda_exe"]).name
+    copy_conda_exe(prefix, exe_name, info["_conda_exe"])
 
     # Sign conda-standalone so it can pass notarization
     codesigner = None
@@ -604,7 +609,7 @@ def create(info, verbose=False):
             "com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation": True,
             "com.apple.security.cs.allow-dyld-environment-variables": True,
         }
-        codesigner.sign_bundle(join(prefix, "_conda"), entitlements=entitlements)
+        codesigner.sign_bundle(join(prefix, exe_name), entitlements=entitlements)
 
     # This script checks to see if the install location already exists and/or contains spaces
     # Not to be confused with the user-provided pre_install!

constructor/shar.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from contextlib import nullcontext
 from io import BytesIO
 from os.path import basename, dirname, getsize, isdir, join, relpath
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from .construct import ns_platform
 from .jinja import render_template
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ def get_header(conda_exec, tarball, info):
     virtual_specs = parse_virtual_specs(info)
     min_osx_version = virtual_specs.get("__osx", {}).get("min") or ""
     variables["min_osx_version"] = min_osx_version
+    variables["conda_exe_name"] = Path(info["_conda_exe"]).name
     min_glibc_version = virtual_specs.get("__glibc", {}).get("min") or ""
     variables["min_glibc_version"] = min_glibc_version
 

news/1090-preserve-conda-exe-filename

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Resolve an issue when specifying `--conda-exe` with `micromamba` or `mamba`, ensuring that the conda executable maintains its original filename. (#1033 via #1090)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>

tests/test_examples.py

@@ -663,8 +663,9 @@ def test_macos_signing(tmp_path, self_signed_application_certificate_macos):
     # including binary archives like the PlugIns file
     cmd = ["pkgutil", "--expand-full", installer, expanded_path]
     _execute(cmd)
+    conda_exe_name = "micromamba" if _is_micromamba(CONSTRUCTOR_CONDA_EXE) else "conda.exe"
     components = [
-        Path(expanded_path, "prepare_installation.pkg", "Payload", "osx-pkg-test", "_conda"),
+        Path(expanded_path, "prepare_installation.pkg", "Payload", "osx-pkg-test", conda_exe_name),
         Path(expanded_path, "Plugins", "ExtraPage.bundle"),
     ]
     validated_signatures = []

tests/test_header.py

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def test_osxpkg_scripts_shellcheck(arch, check_path_spaces, script):
         no_rcs_arg="",
         script_env_variables={},
         initialize_conda="condabin",
+        conda_exe_name="_conda",
     )
 
     findings, returncode = run_shellcheck(processed)
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ def test_template_shellcheck(
             "write_condarc": "",
             "conda_exe_payloads": conda_exe_payloads_and_size[0],
             "conda_exe_payloads_size": conda_exe_payloads_and_size[1],
+            "conda_exe_name": "_conda",
         },
     )