Apple/Homebrew zig --HEAD updates [solved] | Zig Programming Language | Page 1

humble hamlet Mar 5, 2023, 11:17 PM

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I have been using homebrew install zig --HEAD to have a reasonably up to date zig install on my mac

Hovever, there seems to be quite a lag between homebrew's concept of 'latest master' and actual latest master.

As of today, zig latest is 1862, and homebrew --HEAD is 0.11.0-dev.1568+c9b957c93

Just wondering if :

Homebrew is only updated every now and then - be patient !
Maybe Homebrew zig updates are stuck, due to some dependency changes or whatever - like LLVM maybe ?

So Im wondering if its worth me sticking with homebrew installs for now, or manually manage zig-latest myself.
What are other people doing ?

thx

soft latch Mar 6, 2023, 6:30 PM

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Weird. When I run this I get the latest commit. I just tried it and the latest commit was 5 hours ago, and that's the one I'm getting. I usually do brew uninstall zig first - I don't know whether that makes a difference.

humble hamlet Mar 6, 2023, 9:56 PM

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Thanks - that does make a difference.

I uninstalled, then brew install zig --HEAD again ... which does pull git latest and rebuilds from source.
Its now on the latest version - yay

Prior to that I was doing brew upgrade zig which was attempting to "upgrade" the current installed version - hence no change.
TIL !

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and lol - Im doing the brew build-from-src on both my M2 mini, and i7 mbp, and i3 mba all at the same time. Dammit if the M2 isnt a quantum leap over the "old" intel boxes 🙂

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Apple/Homebrew zig --HEAD updates [solved]

cyan lance Mar 7, 2023, 9:05 AM

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brew only auto updates on version change

#Apple/Homebrew zig --HEAD updates [solved]