[macOS] LLVM won't install from head #6644

VisualEhrmanntraut · 2026-01-05T12:40:43Z

VisualEhrmanntraut
Jan 5, 2026

Output of `brew config`

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 5.0.8-45-gbf65f9c
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: bf65f9c19a7a62abcbdac9c30cf3ff844d0fd633
Last commit: 8 hours ago
Branch: main
Core tap JSON: 05 Jan 12:33 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 05 Jan 12:33 UTC
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HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: 16
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME: set
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.8 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.8/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit arm_ibiza
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.50.1 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 26.3-arm64
CLT: 26.2.0.0.1.1764812424
Xcode: 26.2
Metal Toolchain: N/A
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Description of issue

brew install --verbose --HEAD llvm          
✔︎ JSON API cask.jws.json                                                                                                                                     Downloaded   15.3MB/ 15.3MB
✔︎ JSON API formula.jws.json                                                                                                                                  Downloaded   32.0MB/ 32.0MB
==> Fetching downloads for: llvm
==> Verifying checksum for '221beb17d3524bb10ae5ae0d97455f2b96bac58e4139f14eefdaabe88e269d85--llvm.rb'
✔︎ API Source llvm.rb                                                                                                                                         Verified     34.6KB/ 34.6KB
✔︎ Formula llvm (HEAD-5cfd02f)
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.ci /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.ci
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.clang-format /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.clang-format
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.clang-format-ignore /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.clang-format-ignore
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.clang-tidy /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.clang-tidy
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.git /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.git
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.git-blame-ignore-revs /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.git-blame-ignore-revs
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.gitattributes /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.gitattributes
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.github /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.github
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.gitignore /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.gitignore
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/.mailmap /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/.mailmap
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/CONTRIBUTING.md /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/CONTRIBUTING.md
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/LICENSE.TXT /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/LICENSE.TXT
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/README.md /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/README.md
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/SECURITY.md /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/SECURITY.md
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/bolt /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/bolt
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/clang /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/clang
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/clang-tools-extra /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/clang-tools-extra
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/cmake /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/cmake
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/compiler-rt /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/compiler-rt
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/cross-project-tests /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/cross-project-tests
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/flang /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/flang
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/flang-rt /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/flang-rt
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/libc /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/libc
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/libclc /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/libclc
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/libcxx /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/libcxx
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/libcxxabi /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/libcxxabi
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/libsycl /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/libsycl
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/libunwind /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/libunwind
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/lld /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/lld
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/lldb /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/lldb
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/llvm /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/llvm
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/llvm-libgcc /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/llvm-libgcc
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/mlir /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/mlir
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/offload /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/offload
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/openmp /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/openmp
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/orc-rt /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/orc-rt
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/polly /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/polly
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/pyproject.toml /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/pyproject.toml
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/runtimes /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/runtimes
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/third-party /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/third-party
mv /private/tmp/homebrew-unpack-20260105-46325-flysgw/utils /private/tmp/llvm-20260105-46325-ienz0l/utils
Error: inreplace failed
clang/bindings/python/clang/cindex.py:
  expected replacement of /^(\s*library_path\s*=\s*)None$/ with "\\1'/opt/homebrew/Cellar/llvm/HEAD-5cfd02f/lib'"

==> Formula
Path: /Users/visual/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/221beb17d3524bb10ae5ae0d97455f2b96bac58e4139f14eefdaabe88e269d85--llvm.rb
==> Configuration
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 5.0.8-45-gbf65f9c
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: bf65f9c19a7a62abcbdac9c30cf3ff844d0fd633
Last commit: 8 hours ago
Branch: main
Core tap JSON: 05 Jan 12:33 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 05 Jan 12:33 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: 16
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME: set
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.8 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.8/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit arm_ibiza
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.50.1 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 26.3-arm64
CLT: 26.2.0.0.1.1764812424
Xcode: 26.2
Metal Toolchain: N/A
Rosetta 2: false
==> ENV

Error: llvm HEAD-5cfd02f did not build
Logs:
     /Users/visual/Library/Logs/Homebrew/llvm/00.options.out
READ THIS: https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
Undefined reference issues when mixing Homebrew LLVM 21.1.0 with system libc++ https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/235411
clang-tidy broken with llvm v19.1.3 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/196344
LLVM / Clang system config file setting breaks with `-no-canonical-prefixes` https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/220757
llvm's formula was built from an unstable upstream --HEAD.
This build failure is expected behaviour.

Answered by dtrodrigues

Jan 6, 2026

The inreplace was broken by llvm/llvm-project#167421, so a PR will be needed before the next release.

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SMillerDev · 2026-01-05T14:01:35Z

SMillerDev
Jan 5, 2026
Collaborator

Many formulae do not always build from --head since that is a moving target. While we generally accept pull requests to fix issues with that configuration, there isn't really anything we can do to provide support for this moving target.

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p-linnane Jan 5, 2026
Maintainer

Adding onto @SMillerDev's response, we make no guarantees or provide support for HEAD builds since we can't realistically test them in our CI. You'll need to work with upstream if you're encountering issues building from the tip of the default branch.

dtrodrigues · 2026-01-06T03:51:52Z

dtrodrigues
Jan 6, 2026
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The inreplace was broken by llvm/llvm-project#167421, so a PR will be needed before the next release.

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