369.fre-cli mkmf dependency #1594

	name: build_conda
	on:
	pull_request:
	branches:
	- main

	# cancel running jobs if theres a newer push
	concurrency:
	group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
	cancel-in-progress: true

	jobs:
	build:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	container:
	image: ghcr.io/noaa-gfdl/fre-cli:miniconda24.7.1_gcc14.2.0
	steps:
	- name: Checkout Files
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	submodules: 'recursive'

	- name: Run Conda to Build
	run: \|
	# append the reqd channels
	conda config --append channels conda-forge
	conda config --append channels noaa-gfdl

	# remove any default channels
	conda config --remove channels defaults

	# just in case
	conda config --show channels

	# install conda-build and conda-verify
	conda install conda-build conda-verify

	# conda build
	conda build --package-format tar.bz2 --output .
	ls
	# conda build --package-format tar.bz2 --output-folder /path/to/local/channel_name

	# - name: upload fre-cli tarball
	# uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
	# with:
	# name: fre-cli-upload-TEST
	# path: src/dist/fre-cli-2025.03-py_1.tar.gz

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