test package deletion

ci/package-build.template.yml

@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
         - PACKAGE_NAME=$(basename $PWD)
         - echo $PACKAGE_NAME version $RELEASE_VERSION
         - >- 
-            RESPONSE=$(curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${API_TOKEN}"
+            DELETE_URL_RESPONSE=$(curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${API_TOKEN}"
             "https://gitlab.nrao.edu/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/packages?package_type=pypi&package_name=$PACKAGE_NAME"
             | jq --arg RELEASE_VERSION "$RELEASE_VERSION" '.[] | {"name": .name, "version": .version, "url":._links.delete_api_path}
             | select(.version==$RELEASE_VERSION) | .url')
-        - echo $RESPONSE
+        - echo $DELETE_URL_RESPONSE
+        # if a conflicting version is present in pypi registry, remove it
+        - if [[ -n "$DELETE_URL_RESPONSE" ]]; then $(curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${API_TOKEN}" $DELETE_URL_RESPONSE); fi
 
         # Install build, poetry and pytest
         - pip install poetry