Reinstalling formulae with dependents errors out #20197
Description
brew doctor output
❯ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.Verification
- I ran
brew updatetwice and am still able to reproduce my issue. - My "
brew doctoroutput" above saysYour system is ready to brewor a definitely unrelatedTiermessage. - This issue's title and/or description do not reference a single formula e.g.
brew install wget. If they do, open an issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/new/choose instead.
brew config output
❯ brew config
WORKBREW_VERSION: 1.3.1
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.5.8-118-g1409a5e
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 1409a5eeb21b24fabe6b9998f8047993b86b018f
Last commit: 13 hours ago
Branch: main
Core tap HEAD: df2e0dc925598749fa5abbb646db6565dc7c797f
Core tap last commit: 23 minutes ago
Core tap JSON: 29 Jun 14:55 UTC
Core cask tap HEAD: c6735cf4f5524d610469c132c0d983508a326b4a
Core cask tap last commit: 21 minutes ago
Core cask tap JSON: 29 Jun 14:07 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_SECS: 43200
HOMEBREW_BAT: set
HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER: /opt/workbrew/bin/brew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: ["--colorpickerdir=/Library/ColorPickers", "--prefpanedir=/Library/PreferencePanes", "--qlplugindir=/Library/QuickLook", "--mdimporterdir=/Library/Spotlight", "--dictionarydir=/Library/Dictionaries", "--fontdir=/Library/Fonts", "--servicedir=/Library/Services", "--input-methoddir=/Library/Input Methods", "--internet-plugindir=/Library/Internet Plug-Ins", "--audio-unit-plugindir=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components", "--vst-plugindir=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST", "--vst3-plugindir=/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3", "--screen-saverdir=/Library/Screen Savers"]
HOMEBREW_CURLRC: /opt/homebrew/etc/curlrc
HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER: set
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: nvim
HOMEBREW_FORBIDDEN_CASKS: zulu
HOMEBREW_FORBIDDEN_FORMULAE: sl no-more-secrets
HOMEBREW_FORBIDDEN_OWNER: Mike
HOMEBREW_FORBIDDEN_OWNER_CONTACT: Contact us on Slack in #general with questions
HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREWED_CURL: set
HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREWED_GIT: set
HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER: /opt/workbrew/bin/brew
HOMEBREW_GIT_EMAIL: 30379873+carlocab@users.noreply.github.com
HOMEBREW_GIT_NAME: Carlo Cabrera
HOMEBREW_INSTALL_BADGE: ☕️
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 16
HOMEBREW_NO_CLEANUP_FORMULAE: zsh
HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API: set
HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME: set
HOMEBREW_SYSTEM_ENV_TAKES_PRIORITY: set
HOMEBREW_TEMP: /var/folders/by/r3kqb74j2zn0010s9mcbsvv00000gp/T/
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.4 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.4/bin/ruby
CPU: 16-core 64-bit arm_palma
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.50.0 => /opt/homebrew/opt/git/bin/git
Curl: 8.14.1 => /opt/homebrew/opt/curl/bin/curl
macOS: 15.5-arm64
CLT: 16.4.0.0.1.1747106510
Xcode: 16.4
Rosetta 2: falseWhat were you trying to do (and why)?
Reinstall a formula, and it turned out to be a formula with dependents.
What happened (include all command output)?
When reinstalling libunistring:
❯ brew reinstall libunistring
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/libunistring/manifests/1.3
Already downloaded: /opt/workbrew/home/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/a570da63bc1839c7e217f203abd54d4d873ebd6b99f6e88994d0e79e2ebe987c--libunistring-1.3.bottle_manifest.json
==> Fetching libunistring
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/libunistring/blobs/sha256:3cd26bae2d5fcf61294f14c18e5e7ec773a59ed1bf710fb92055e0db0244e909
############################################################################################################################################################################### 100.0%
==> Verifying attestation for libunistring
==> Reinstalling libunistring
==> Pouring libunistring--1.3.arm64_sequoia.bottle.tar.gz
☕️ /opt/homebrew/Cellar/libunistring/1.3: 59 files, 5.4MB
==> Running `brew cleanup libunistring`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
==> No outdated dependents to upgrade!
Error: undefined method 'each' for nil
Warning: Removed Sorbet lines from backtrace!
Rerun with `--verbose` to see the original backtrace
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:96:in 'Homebrew::Upgrade.upgrade_formulae'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:393:in 'Homebrew::Upgrade.upgrade_dependents'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/reinstall.rb:193:in 'Homebrew::Cmd::Reinstall#run'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:95:in '<main>'
Please report this issue:
https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting
When reinstalling gettext:
❯ brew reinstall gettext
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/gettext/manifests/0.25
Already downloaded: /opt/workbrew/home/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/344607fc5b91bb0c1287d07bb445cc40cc465a163a52e12eed3cc5cd60498f78--gettext-0.25.bottle_manifest.json
==> Fetching gettext
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/gettext/blobs/sha256:8dba9424a9409d3ba085acccfd8c88c196e31e31944c32c1d811cfdd6aae8280
Already downloaded: /opt/workbrew/home/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/ea00736179e3e2ec12013e16ca384ccd42a24594e73f8acf552e3024cd5e1993--gettext--0.25.arm64_sequoia.bottle.tar.gz
==> Reinstalling gettext
==> Pouring gettext--0.25.arm64_sequoia.bottle.tar.gz
☕️ /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.25: 2,418 files, 27.7MB
==> Running `brew cleanup gettext`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
==> No outdated dependents to upgrade!
Error: undefined method 'each' for nil
Warning: Removed Sorbet lines from backtrace!
Rerun with `--verbose` to see the original backtrace
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:96:in 'Homebrew::Upgrade.upgrade_formulae'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:393:in 'Homebrew::Upgrade.upgrade_dependents'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/reinstall.rb:193:in 'Homebrew::Cmd::Reinstall#run'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:95:in '<main>'
Please report this issue:
https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting
What did you expect to happen?
No errors.
Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)
brew reinstall an installed formula with dependents. On my system, good candidates were libunistring and gettext.