Issue with brew package pkgconf #10984
Description
Description
It could be that the macOS runners now have the pkg-config brew package already installed, which conflicts with the pkgconf package.
But it's already deprecated: Homebrew/homebrew-core#194885
Platforms affected
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
- GitHub Actions - Larger Runners
Runner images affected
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 24.04
- macOS 12
- macOS 13
- macOS 13 Arm64
- macOS 14
- macOS 14 Arm64
- macOS 15
- macOS 15 Arm64
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
Image version and build link
20241022.361
Is it regression?
No
Expected behavior
It should be installed successfully.
Actual behavior
It fails:
- ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/pkgconf/manifests/2.3.0
- ==> Fetching pkgconf
- ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/pkgconf/blobs/sha256:4d7c580[39](https://github.com/ocaml/setup-ocaml/actions/runs/11884964161/job/33113941200#step:4:40)43bf2dcc8cb9ff8c838ea4283eeab24f49982df044cbc3031856fd8
- ::error::Cannot install pkgconf because conflicting formulae are installed.%0A pkg-config: because both install `pkg.m4` file%0A%0APlease `brew unlink pkg-config` before continuing.%0A%0AUnlinking removes a formula's symlinks from /opt/homebrew. You can%0Alink the formula again after the install finishes. You can `--force` this%0Ainstall, but the build may fail or cause obscure side effects in the%0Aresulting software.%0A
[ERROR] These packages are still missing: pkgconf
Ref: https://github.com/ocaml/setup-ocaml/actions/runs/11884964161/job/33113941200
Repro steps
Run brew install pkgconf on macos-latest