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0 pointsayewo4y ago0 comments

I'm inclined to agree, but it seems Ubuntu's solution to this problem with "apt install <package> [-y]" where you are presented with a list of dependencies that will get upgraded if you choose to proceed is a much better trade off.

The user can of course ignore the dependencies notice by specifying the "-y" flag to force an installation.

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mdaniel4y ago

I hadn't actually considered it until you explicitly mentioned it, but yes: I'd bet a lot of the frustration when using brew would go down if brew just chose to _say_ what it was going to do, and _ask_ if that was ok, instead of assuming the user completely delegates that choice over to brew

I am aware of the "brew pin" command, and I do think it would have saved OP some heartache, but I think your suggestion of prompting before transitive changes would be the most pro-user way

mikemcquaid4y ago

That would be a breaking change for most scripts so would need to be optional (which feels less useful for people).

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