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💀 The former home of Homebrew/homebrew (deprecated)

161 mentions on Hacker News by 124 people: 12 stories, 149 comments · first 2009-08-31 · latest 2025-04-22

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  1. I keep getting fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/': The requested URL returned error: 503 Error: Failure while executing: git pull -q origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master Weird, it's the first…
    comment by simi_ · 2014-12-18 · in Git client vulnerability announced
  2. Homebrew just updated ( https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/35105 ), so Homebrew users should be covered by brew update && brew upgrade git
    comment by necubi · 2014-12-18 · in Git client vulnerability announced
  3. …a Homebrew formula, so hopefully this will soon be a quick "brew install libbpg" away. (^_^) https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/34722
    comment by justinmayer · 2014-12-06 · in BPG Image format
  4. Someone beat me to it too https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/33486 LOL
    comment by thealphanerd · 2014-10-22 · in LastPass command-line interface tool
  5. I just made a homebrew formula for this and sent in a PR https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/33487
    comment by thealphanerd · 2014-10-22 · in LastPass command-line interface tool
  6. I got a build working on OS X (mountain_lion, mavericks, yosemite) using homebrew, see PR here: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/33486/files
    comment by pi-rat · 2014-10-22 · in LastPass command-line interface tool
  7. …without having tried it myself, it looks like the formula for emacs has been updated to 24.4: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/commits/a0b095b/Library...
    comment by dgempesaw · 2014-10-21 · in Emacs 24.4 released
  8. …of patches applied that are no longer required, so you need to edit those out as well (this area: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/For... ).
    comment by sjm · 2014-10-21 · in Emacs 24.4 released
  9. Looks like it's almost there https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/33225
    comment by whiteacid · 2014-10-16 · in Docker 1.3 is out
  10. Here is an up-to-date list of broken Homebrew formulas: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/29988 Many more were previously broken but have been fixed given the time that the Developer and Beta-builds of Yosemite have been out.
    comment by Zirro · 2014-10-16 · in OS X Yosemite
  11. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/For...
    comment by D4AHNGM · 2014-10-12 · in Behind OS X’s modern face lies an aging collection of Unix tools
  12. Why not just make your own formula? The format is really simple and powerful. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/For... More complex example: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/6a72fa26aa49ee5c2b... Edit: If…
    comment by weaksauce · 2014-10-11 · in Behind OS X’s modern face lies an aging collection of Unix tools
  13. > (will merge when the bot finishes and goes green) https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/33060
    comment by steveklabnik · 2014-10-09 · in Rust 0.12.0 released
  14. Nope, homebrew has included Rust for a while: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/For...
    comment by steveklabnik · 2014-10-09 · in Rust 0.12.0 released
  15. …are easy to read and inspect for verification purposes. What is the advantage of C over Ruby? [1]( https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/graphs/contributors )
    comment by dekz · 2014-10-02 · in Hacker's Guide to Setting Up Your Mac
  16. …git fetch krishicks bash git checkout krishicks/bash brew upgrade bash I've opened a PR: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/32753
    comment by erso · 2014-09-28 · in Bash bug: apply the unofficial patch now (CVE-2014-6277)
  17. …or at least consideration, for your objective. Turns out it's in the FAQ (as well it should be): https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/wiki/FAQ#why-does-homeb... Their claim is that a lot of software is poorly written and does not tolerate…
    comment by mdaniel · 2014-09-21 · in Show HN: Homebrew-emacs – Install Emacs Packages via Homebrew
  18. Installed MacVim the other day, first thing I run into "MacVim.app doesn't show up in spotlight" ( https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/8970 )
    comment by swah · 2014-08-18 · in VimR – Refined Vim Experience for OS X
  19. …there are still a handful that currently have GCC issues, namely Haskell (GHC) and MongoDB. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/29845
    comment by hashtree · 2014-07-23 · in OS X Yosemite public beta starts tomorrow
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    Brew install mesos; Mesos was added to Homebrew
    story by tknaup · 2014-07-02 · 0 comments
  21. …http://www.rust-lang.org/ /usr/local/Cellar/rust/0.10 (74 files, 174M) * Poured from bottle From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/commits/master/Library/... aroch:~/staging/|⇒ brew info cargo Error: No available formula for cargo
    comment by aroch · 2014-06-24 · in Cargo, Rust's Package Manager
  22. …I'm polling to get the docker and boot2docker formulae removed from Homebrew to ease confusion: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/30013
    comment by davidcelis · 2014-06-09 · in Docker 1.0
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    First commit for Homebrew from five years back
    story by ceocoder · 2014-04-24 · 0 comments
  24. …launchd rather than cron (which has been deprecated since OSX 10.8). [0] http://duckdns.org [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/28255
    comment by jzelinskie · 2014-04-08 · in DynDNS ends free services
  25. ▲ 1
    One of the better github comment threads
    story by briandear · 2014-03-03 · 0 comments
  26. Here's the working homebrew PR, if you can't wait to use it: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/26884 . Should get merged pretty soon.
    comment by adn · 2014-02-21 · in Tmux 1.9 released
  27. I've just submitted the homebrew package, let's see if they accept it - https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/26819
    comment by laurent123456 · 2014-02-18 · in Show HN: Massren – multi-rename tool using your text editor
  28. …to wait a few days to ensure there’re no bugs found [1] before adding it to the main repo. [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/26734
    comment by hk__2 · 2014-02-15 · in Git 1.9 Release Notes
  29. …a similar problem in the past with Go built from homebrew[1][2]. Has anyone else seen this? [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/17758 [2] https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=4791 Update: Filed a bug against docker,…
    comment by joeshaw · 2014-02-05 · in Docker 0.8: Quality, new builder features, btrfs, OSX support
  30. ▲ 1
    Can't run any brew commands
    story by anu_gupta · 2014-01-23 · 0 comments
  31. There's a pull request open here: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/26075 If you absolutely can't wait, you can run this to install it: $ brew install https://github.com/adnissen/homebrew/raw/110c278d3a6ce6edae6208f4033bd3508530f29d…
    comment by damncabbage · 2014-01-22 · in Fake Name Generator
  32. …(besides the kickstarter for brewbot). I've checked out this thread on Github but it seems closed: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/20482 If the devs are reading this, consider setting up a link even if it is just to get you all…
    comment by tbrock · 2014-01-02 · in Homebrew Cask – CLI workflow for the administration of Mac binaries
  33. …> brew! But seriously I don't know how brew works, though looks like the code supports the option: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/For...
    comment by helfire · 2014-01-01 · in I fought my ISP's bad behavior and won
  34. ▲ 2
    Brewfile support for Homebrew
    story by ChristianBundy · 2013-11-09 · 0 comments
  35. …version of Leiningen, try that first. > Otherwise you can install by hand: It's kept up to date: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula...
    comment by danneu · 2013-10-27 · in Clojure from the ground up
  36. …of the editors, if you wish). Be sure to check out interesting taps too (e.g. science and nginx): https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Interesting-Taps-%26-Branches
    comment by hashtree · 2013-10-23 · in Ask HN: What are some cheap must-have software tools for Mac?
  37. Which appears to be an upstream issue. https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/21000 :S And has been failing since before the GM was seeded.
    comment by cicloid · 2013-10-22 · in OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review
  38. Could you possibly submit this to the Homebrew repository? https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki
    comment by lectrick · 2013-10-16 · in f.lux has been updated to a new version
  39. …you tell it to by calling `xcode-select --install`). See the homebrew discussion on the subject: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/20427
    comment by masklinn · 2013-10-04 · in OS X Mavericks GM Seed available to Developers
  40. …(1324 files, 29M) * Built from source with: --with-blk-sha1 --with-pcre From: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/commits/master/Library/Formula/git.rb ==> Dependencies Optional: pcre, gettext ==> Options --with-blk-sha1 Compile with the b
    comment by dfc · 2013-07-09 · in Grep too slow? Use git-grep
  41. …to 2.0. Hopefully the Homebrew maintainers will merge this soon (not sure what the hold-up is): https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/19887
    comment by SnowLprd · 2013-05-17 · in Fish shell 2.0
  42. …likely what you'll see. Homebrew maintainers, as noted above, have not yet merged the pull request: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/19887
    comment by SnowLprd · 2013-05-17 · in Fish shell 2.0
  43. you can install directly from the pull request, without waiting for it to be merged: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Tips-N%27-Tricks use this URL: https://raw.github.com/ridiculousfish/homebrew/9a481458491b6...
    comment by micampe · 2013-05-17 · in Fish shell 2.0
  44. Just waiting on the PR to go through for Homebrew to pick-up go 1.1 :) https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/19782
    comment by klobucar · 2013-05-13 · in Go 1.1 is released
  45. I created a homebrew formula for it. The PR is not yet merged, but seems to be working quite fine: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/19590
    comment by stigi · 2013-05-03 · in Xctool: a replacement for xcodebuild to build and test iOS and Mac projects
  46. …a Kickstarter a couple weeks back to finance the automation of the compilation process. [2] [1]: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Bottles [2]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homebrew/brew-test-bot
    comment by theli0nheart · 2013-05-01 · in 9000 up-to-date binary packages for OS X
  47. …Mac, am I better off with Homebrew? http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/... https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Homebrew-and-Python
    comment by pbreit · 2013-04-18 · in A non-magical introduction to pip and virtualenv for Python beginners
  48. …Github project with the largest number of total issues, and here's what I eventually settled upon: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues
    comment by kibwen · 2012-12-06 · in You can now create files on GitHub
  49. …it probably will be a bit tricky to get this running on OSX... Maybe a good starting point is here: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/8511
    comment by albertzeyer · 2012-11-28 · in Ninja IDE: written in Python for Pythonists
  50. Submitted to brew. Not sure if I did everything right (first time) https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/15229
    comment by uams · 2012-10-02 · in ShowHN: GetURL - A CLI tool to get a public link for any file