- At the AGM we formed an ad-hoc documentation working group.
- One of our ideas was that we should have a last reviewed date for
documentation, so that we can periodically implement a review
mechanism (GitHub Actions posts to Slack for a regular documentation
outdatedness check?) to track how old docs are and ensure they're
still relevant.
- This is a first step towards that goal, by adding a `last_review_date`
to the metadata of all docs with a date of earlier than Homebrew's
inception because everything needs reviewing so that we start from a
good base!
- Allow specifying user through `/var/tmp/.homebrew_pkg_user.plist`
- Improve permission handling
- Correctly write API cache
- Add `preinstall` script to fail if we can't get a valid user
Co-authored-by: Mike McQuaid <mike@mikemcquaid.com>
My understanding is that now https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/15778
has been merged this should now work fine on both older macOS versions
and non-default prefixes so let's try this again.
My understanding from conversations with Bo98 is that this should now
work fine on both older macOS versions and non-default prefixes.
Similarly, it's super confusing when this is set automatically and you
can't figure out why...
- remove all places we check the flag so it's a no-op now
- flip the messaging to refer to `HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API` where
relevant
- adjust the documentation
When either being in a non-default prefix or being on an unsupported
macOS version we expect most things to be built from source. In that
environment, do not allow HOMEBREW_INSTALL_FROM_API to be set.
Fixes#14475
We're still getting a non-trivial number of issues from configurations
we don't support and don't plan to.
Let people know that we know their experience will not be good and what
to expect if they file issues.
Co-authored-by: Eric Knibbe <enk3@outlook.com>
- Output `brew doctor` and `brew install` messages noting this configuration is (currently) unsupported and encourage use of Rosetta instead
- Output Rosetta 2 usage in `brew config` on ARM (whether in Rosetta 2 or not)
- Check the architecture of (newly installed) dependencies and ensure they are using the correct architecture.
- Don't allow installing macOS Intel Homebrew in macOS ARM Homebrew default prefix (and vice versa
- Actually write out the architecture of dependencies to the tab rather than generating and throwing them away
- Set and document the expected default prefix for macOS Intel Homebrew, macOS ARM Homebrew (`/opt/homebrew`) and Homebrew on Linux
While we're here:
- Don't say Big Sur is a prerelease version but still make it clear we
don't support it (yet).
- Don't reference non-existent IRC channel
