Broken AzureML startup script

The script in https://docs.rapids.ai/deployment/nightly/cloud/azure/azureml/#provision-rapids-setup-script creates a situation in azure ML where we end up with the wrong python path. In the notebook:

!conda info

   active environment : rapids
    active env location : /anaconda/envs/rapids
       user config file : /home/azureuser/.condarc
 populated config files : /anaconda/.condarc
                          /anaconda/condarc.d/anaconda-auth.yml
          conda version : 25.11.1
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.13.11.final.0

! which python

/anaconda/envs/azureml_py38/bin//python 

import cudf
cudf.__file__

'/anaconda/envs/rapids/lib/python3.13/site-packages/cudf/__init__.py'

We think the issue might be that the PATH variable has the /anaconda/envs/azureml_py38/bin//python set first, and then the CONDA_PREFIX later.

Start with the Provision RAPIDS setup script linked in the AzureML deployment documentation, then reproduce the notebook checks for conda info, which python, and cudf.file. Trace how PATH and CONDA_PREFIX are configured. Done means AzureML resolves Python from the intended rapids environment and the imported cudf path matches that environment.