{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/2327","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/2327/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/2327/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/2327/events","html_url":"https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/2327","id":145718522,"number":2327,"title":"Conda create --no-deps not working as expected","user":{"login":"JeremyEnns","id":11463175,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11463175?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns","html_url":"https://github.com/JeremyEnns","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeremyEnns/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2016-04-04T15:28:46Z","updated_at":"2016-04-05T13:23:40Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Using  `--no-deps` will correctly not install dependencies but inexplicably requires them to be in-place.\r\n\r\nUsing conda to make a staging area to deploy packages. It should be possible to place all conda packages in a sub directory, index it with `conda index` and proceed with a `conda create`. \r\nconda is forcing me to place packages that I don’t wish to deploy.\r\n\r\nSummary: If you use `--no-deps` it should not require dependencies to be available if its not going to install them."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/comments/205802443","html_url":"https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/2327#issuecomment-205802443","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/2327","id":205802443,"user":{"login":"mcg1969","id":2797735,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2797735?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969","html_url":"https://github.com/mcg1969","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcg1969/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-05T13:23:40Z","updated_at":"2016-04-05T13:23:40Z","body":"OK, I understand better now, but I'm pretty sure this has been a long-standing behavior. (Whether it should or not.) I seem to recall telling someone else about this. I *think* the solution is to feed the full filename to `conda` on the command line instead of a URL."}}