changes acc. to review comments..

src/anaconda/.devcontainer/install_vulnerable_packages.sh

@@ -22,19 +22,15 @@ for ((i=0; i<rows; i++)); do
 done
 
 for ((i=0; i<rows; i++)); do
-    CURRENT_VERSION=$(pip show "${packages_array[$i,0]}" | grep '^Version:' | awk '{print $2}')
-    if [[ -z "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]]; then
-        echo "No version for ${packages_array[$i,0]} found in upstream i.e. base image."
-        CURRENT_VERSION="0"
-    fi
+    CURRENT_VERSION=$(pip show "${packages_array[$i,0]}" --disable-pip-version-check | grep '^Version:' | awk '{print $2}')
     REQUIRED_VERSION="${packages_array[$i,1]}"
     GREATER_VERSION_A=$((echo ${REQUIRED_VERSION}; echo ${CURRENT_VERSION}) | sort -V | tail -1)
     # Check if the required_version is greater than current_version
     if [[ $CURRENT_VERSION != $GREATER_VERSION_A ]]; then
         echo "${packages_array[$i,0]} version v${CURRENT_VERSION} installed by the base image is not greater or equal to the required: v${REQUIRED_VERSION}"
         # Check whether conda channel has a greater or equal version available, so install from conda, otherwise use pip package manager
         channel_name="anaconda"
-        CONDA_VERSION=$(conda search "${packages_array[$i,0]}" -c "$channel_name" | \
+        CONDA_VERSION=$(conda search --override-channels "${packages_array[$i,0]}" -c "$channel_name" | \
             grep -E '^[[:alnum:]]' | \
             awk '{print $2}' | \
             sort -V | \
@@ -47,13 +43,13 @@ for ((i=0; i<rows; i++)); do
         fi
         GREATER_VERSION_B=$((echo ${REQUIRED_VERSION}; echo ${CONDA_VERSION}) | sort -V | tail -1)
         if [[ $CONDA_VERSION == $GREATER_VERSION_B ]]; then
-            echo -e "Conda Version: ${CONDA_VERSION} is greater than or equal to the required version: ${REQUIRED_VERSION}. \n";
-            echo "Installing ${packages_array[$i,0]} from source from conda channel for ${REQUIRED_VERSION}..."
+            echo -e "Found Version v${CONDA_VERSION} in the Conda channel which is greater than or equal to the required version: v${REQUIRED_VERSION}. \n";
+            echo "Installing ${packages_array[$i,0]} from source from conda channel for v${REQUIRED_VERSION}..."
             conda install "${packages_array[$i,0]}==${CONDA_VERSION}"
         elif [[ $REQUIRED_VERSION == $GREATER_VERSION_B ]]; then 
-            echo -e "Required version: ${REQUIRED_VERSION} is greater than the conda version: ${CONDA_VERSION}. \n";
-            echo "Installing ${packages_array[$i,0]} from source from pip package manager for ${REQUIRED_VERSION}..."
-            python3 -m pip install --upgrade "${packages_array[$i,0]}==${REQUIRED_VERSION}"
+            echo -e "Required version: v${REQUIRED_VERSION} is greater than the version found in the Conda channel v${CONDA_VERSION}. \n";
+            echo "Installing ${packages_array[$i,0]} from source from pip package manager for v${REQUIRED_VERSION}..."
+            python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir "${packages_array[$i,0]}==${REQUIRED_VERSION}"
         fi
     fi
 done