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env update cannot be trusted for ABI transitions — document recreate-don't-repair #118

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@LouieSlocombe

When I switched the Python ABI in place, noarch packages stayed stranded in lib/python3.14t/site-packages while the GIL interpreter read lib/python3.14/site-packages. Result: conda list reported packaging installed while import matplotlib raised ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'packaging'. A subsequent conda env update reported "solving done" and changed nothing, because conda considered the spec satisfied. Only a full remove-and-recreate fixed it.

Fix: have the Sol installer recreate on Python-version change rather than update, and say so in the README.

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