brew update followed by brew upgrade fails for Python's 2to3 conflict (December 2022) #11545
Description
Description
If one has on a job:
brew update
brew upgrade
the job fails with error:
==> Upgrading python@3.10
3.10.8 -> 3.10.9
==> Pouring python@3.10--3.10.9.big_sur.bottle.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink bin/2to3
Target /usr/local/bin/2to3
already exists. You may want to remove it:
rm '/usr/local/bin/2to3'
To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
brew link --overwrite python@3.10
To list all files that would be deleted:
brew link --overwrite --dry-run python@3.10
Possible conflicting files are:
/usr/local/bin/2to3 -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/2to3
/usr/local/bin/idle3 -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/idle3
/usr/local/bin/pydoc3 -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/pydoc3
/usr/local/bin/python3 -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/python3
/usr/local/bin/python3-config -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/python3-config
This is similar to old issues:
Platforms affected
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
- GitHub Actions - Larger Runners
Runner images affected
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
- macOS 11
- macOS 12
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
Image version and build link
Image Version: 20221215.1
Link: https://github.com/traversaro/github-actions-brew-update-upgrade-check/actions/runs/3742142787
Is it regression?
20221211.1
Expected behavior
The brew upgrade should exit fine.
Actual behavior
The brew upgrade fails with the error message in the top of the issue.