On 1/15/2021 12:48 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> It seems that homebrew suddenly started giving us trouble, like this: >> >> https://github.com/git/git/runs/1705953982?check_suite_focus=true#step:3:70 >> >> Here is my attempt to work it around by blindly following the >> suggested course of action in the error message, without knowing >> what I am doing X-<. I am not a Mac person. >> >> What is frustrating is that every time we hit a minor snag like this >> to break one of the jobs, all other unrelated jobs are also taken >> down. >> >> Help by those who know what they are doing on macOS would greatly be >> appreciated. Thanks. > > After seeing 'seen' with this patch at its tip pass the tests [*1*], > I prepared a merge of this change into the tip of 'next' and > tentatively updated 'seen' with it. > > The test is still running [*2*], but the problematic part in the > macOS build has already passed, so I am planning to fast-track this > change down to 'next', 'master' and eventually down to 'maint' to > keep the CI going to help other platforms catch more interesting > problems. > > Help from those who are more familiar with macOS and homebrew is > still appreciated, though. > > > [References] > > *1* https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/486978562 > *2* https://github.com/git/git/runs/1706704233?check_suite_focus=true#step:3:81 We recently hit this same issue with our macOS builds for Scalar and GCM core. Your solution looks very similar to how we fixed the problem. Reviewed-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>