$ conda create --name drdman --file spec-file.txt 
>>>
Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: failed

# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR REPORT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/exceptions.py", line 1129, in __call__
        return func(*args, **kwargs)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py", line 86, in main_subshell
        exit_code = do_call(args, p)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/cli/conda_argparse.py", line 93, in do_call
        return getattr(module, func_name)(args, parser)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/notices/core.py", line 72, in wrapper
        return_value = func(*args, **kwargs)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/cli/main_create.py", line 43, in execute
        install(args, parser, 'create')
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/cli/install.py", line 194, in install
        explicit(specs, prefix, verbose=not context.quiet, index_args=index_args)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/misc.py", line 117, in explicit
        txn.execute()
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/core/link.py", line 280, in execute
        self.verify()
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/common/io.py", line 86, in decorated
        return f(*args, **kwds)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/core/link.py", line 241, in verify
        exceptions = self._verify(self.prefix_setups, self.prefix_action_groups)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/core/link.py", line 625, in _verify
        for exc in self.verify_executor.map(UnlinkLinkTransaction._verify_individual_level,
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/common/io.py", line 519, in map
        yield func(thing)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/core/link.py", line 446, in _verify_individual_level
        error_result = axn.verify()
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/conda/core/path_actions.py", line 323, in verify
        source_size_in_bytes = getsize(self.source_full_path)
      File "/Users/olivier/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/genericpath.py", line 50, in getsize
        return os.stat(filename).st_size
    OSError: [Errno 62] Too many levels of symbolic links: '/Users/olivier/miniconda3/pkgs/ncurses-6.4-h6a678d5_0/share/terminfo/n/ncr260vt300wpp'

`$ /Users/olivier/miniconda3/bin/conda create --name drdman2 --file spec-file.txt`

  environment variables:
                 CIO_TEST=<not set>
                CONDA_EXE=/Users/olivier/miniconda3/bin/conda
         CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=/Users/olivier/miniconda3/bin/python
               CONDA_ROOT=/Users/olivier/miniconda3
              CONDA_SHLVL=0
           CURL_CA_BUNDLE=<not set>
                     PATH=/Users/olivier/bin:/Users/olivier/projects/Visualization/olivecha:/Use
                          rs/olivier/.gem/ruby/2.6.0/bin:/Users/olivier/miniconda3/condabin:/opt
                          /local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbi
                          n:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Users/olivier/.cargo/bin
       REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=<not set>
            SSL_CERT_FILE=<not set>

     active environment : None
            shell level : 0
       user config file : /Users/olivier/.condarc
 populated config files : /Users/olivier/.condarc
          conda version : 22.9.0
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.9.12.final.0
       virtual packages : __osx=10.16=0
                          __unix=0=0
                          __archspec=1=x86_64
       base environment : /Users/olivier/miniconda3  (writable)
      conda av data dir : /Users/olivier/miniconda3/etc/conda
  conda av metadata url : None
           channel URLs : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
          package cache : /Users/olivier/miniconda3/pkgs
                          /Users/olivier/.conda/pkgs
       envs directories : /Users/olivier/miniconda3/envs
                          /Users/olivier/.conda/envs
               platform : osx-64
             user-agent : conda/22.9.0 requests/2.28.1 CPython/3.9.12 Darwin/20.6.0 OSX/10.16
                UID:GID : 501:20
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False


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