Install conda build as a separate step

This way conda build is installed in base environment of the
miniforge, rather than underlying miniconda3

Author: oleksandr-pavlyk

.github/workflows/conda-package.yml

@@ -84,14 +84,20 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           miniforge-version: latest
-          conda-build-version: "*"
-          activate-environment: true
+          activate-environment: test
           channels: conda-forge
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
+      - name: Install conda build
+        run: |
+          conda activate
+          conda install -y conda-build
+          conda list -n base
+
       - name: Cache conda packages
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
@@ -103,19 +109,23 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-
+
       - name: Store conda paths as envs
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           echo "WHEELS_OUTPUT_FOLDER=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && '/' || '\\' }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Build conda package
         env:
           OVERRIDE_INTEL_IPO: 1   # IPO requires more resources that GH actions VM provides
         run: conda build --no-test --python ${{ matrix.python }} --numpy 2 -c conda-forge --override-channels conda-recipe
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} ${{ runner.os }} Python ${{ matrix.python }}
           path: ${{ env.conda-bld }}${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.tar.bz2
+
       - name: Upload wheels artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.0
         with: