Conda create --name <> --clone <> returns unexpected error

[k-dinesh]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/bin/conda", line 6, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py", line 139, in main
args_func(args, p)
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py", line 146, in args_func
args.func(args, p)
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/cli/main_create.py", line 49, in execute
install.install(args, parser, 'create')
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/cli/install.py", line 247, in install
clone(args.clone, prefix, json=args.json, quiet=args.quiet, index=index)
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/cli/install.py", line 84, in clone
quiet=quiet, index=index)
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/misc.py", line 243, in clone_env
sorted_dists = r.dependency_sort(dists)
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/resolve.py", line 716, in dependency_sort
for key, value in iteritems(must_have):
File "/Users/Palace/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/compat.py", line 157, in iteritems
return iter(getattr(d, _iteritems)())
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'items'

conda --info
Using Anaconda Cloud api site https://api.anaconda.org
Current conda install:

         platform : osx-64
    conda version : 4.0.1

conda-build version : 1.19.0
python version : 3.5.1.final.0
requests version : 2.9.1
root environment : /Users/Palace/anaconda (writable)
default environment : /Users/Palace/anaconda
envs directories : /Users/Palace/anaconda/envs
package cache : /Users/Palace/anaconda/pkgs
channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64/
https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch/
https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/osx-64/
https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch/
config file : None
is foreign system : False

[mcg1969]

Duplicate of #2178. I've got a fix in preparation.

[mcg1969]

Fix here: #2193

[kalefranz]

Should be fixed with today's 4.0.2 release.

[github-actions]

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