Calling plist_options in brew is deprecated; use service.require_root instead

[jayson-bunnell]

in file/line koekeishiya/homebrew-formulae/yabai.rb:42, homebrew raises a warning on the deprecation of plist_options.

Exact Warning:
Warning: Calling plist_options is deprecated! Use service.require_root instead.

[Italia38]

Seeing the same issue here.

[timharek]

Someone has already submitted a PR for this here:
koekeishiya/homebrew-formulae#25

[jorpilo]

We have replaced the PR by koekeishiya/homebrew-formulae#31
Ready to be merged but not sure who needs to merge it.

If you want in the meantime you can tap my fork and install it from there.
If you have the formulae installed, you can temporary change the origin of the tap until this has been merged.

cd $(brew --prefix)/Library/Taps/koekeishiya/homebrew-formulae
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/jorpilo/homebrew-formulae.git
brew update

[koekeishiya]

Maybe I'll just add a launchd integration directly in yabai instead of relying on the brew services thingy.

[koekeishiya]

^
Deprecating a feature to change their API without providing an adequate replacement (in the new API) that provides the same functionality (when it simply maps to a capability that is provided in launchd), is just dumb.

[pyinto]

any updates? The issue is still present

[jmadan]

any updates?

[schnattiba1]

Am seeing the same issue too while trying to upgrade node

[arkosno]

same here yabai works great though 👍

[aliaksandrsen]

is progress expected?

[koekeishiya]

is progress expected?

No.
The new homebrew service API does not support the ability to set the properties that the yabai plist currently uses.

On the master branch I've added commands directly to yabai that manages a launchd integration.
If homebrew has not fixed their API within the time I do a new release for yabai I will probably remove brew services integration and change installation instructions to use the yabai commands instead. Instead of running brew services <action> yabai you just run yabai --<action>-service instead. All of the following commands are simply proxies for launchctl commands.

# installs a user-specific launchd service plist file into ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.koekeishiya.yabai.plist
# the program path used is the executable path of the invoked yabai command that installs the service
# the PATH env is set to the $PATH currently available to the invoked yabai command that installs the service
yabai --install-service

# removes launchd service file
yabai --uninstall-service

# loads the service, causing yabai to start running immediately, as well as upon login
# will attempt to install service automatically if it is not already installed, so --install-service is not really necessary to run manually
yabai --start-service

# restart the yabai service immediately
yabai --restart-service

# unload service, causing yabai to terminate immediately f it is running, and stop launching upon login
yabai --stop-service

[parikshith078]

I too use yabai 😅

[rafi]

Has anyone found a quick fix to silence the annoying "Warning: Calling plist_options is deprecated!" messages spewing out even during auto-completing brew subcommands? It's driving me nuts.

[koekeishiya]

Removed homebrew services integration in v5.0.4 and updated docs.

[hungvx-dev]

@koekeishiya Please update for the skhd. Thank you

[koekeishiya]

skhd is already updated to work the same way.

[hungvx-dev]

Thank @koekeishiya . I saw that