Brew: Fatal error from broken boneyard git remote.

[JustinTArthur]

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What you were trying to do (and why)

Update homebrew.

What happened (include command output)

Every time I run brew update, I'm faced with a fatal error. See _Command output_ below.

Command output

remote: Repository not found.

fatal: repository 'https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-boneyard/' not found

Error: Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-boneyard failed!

  

What you expected to happen

An update of the homebrew infrastructure without error.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

$ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 2.0.1
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: e32c1515432a938093d5ef1d8c4b4408991873df
Last commit: 9 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 5ea5509e1ce88a3660c1443df08f2b7a26aefb71
Core tap last commit: 2 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_LOGS: /Users/jarthur/Library/Logs/Homebrew
CPU: octa-core 64-bit kabylake
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.7 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Clang: 10.0 build 1000
Git: 2.17.2 => /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: 1.8.0_101
macOS: 10.13.6-x86_64
CLT: 10.1.0.0.1.1539992718
Xcode: N/A



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$ brew update
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-boneyard/' not found
Error: Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-boneyard failed!

[zbeekman]

Boneyard has been archived/deprecated/gone for quite some time now. Congratulations for being such a long-time homebrew user!

I'm not 100% sure that this is the best course of action, but I would try:

brew untap homebrew/boneyard

Depending on whether or not you've tapped other taps that are now deprecated, like homebrew/science, homebrew/versions etc. you may need to repeat this process. I suspect this should resolve the issue for you 🤞

[JustinTArthur]

That did the trick. Thanks, @zbeekman! We may want to have brew doctor look for any "official" taps that are deprecated or gone.

[MikeMcQuaid]

brew untap homebrew/boneyard

This is the best course of action yes 👍.