Fix casks with `depends_on` that reference pre-Mavericks

Mon, 18 May 2020 10:01:16 +0000

If you get an error of the type Error: Cask 'hex-fiend-beta' definition is invalid: invalid 'depends_on macos' value: ":lion", where hex-fiend-beta can be any cask name, and :lion any macOS release name, run the following command:

/usr/bin/find "$(brew --prefix)/Caskroom/"*'/.metadata' -type f -name '*.rb' -print0 | /usr/bin/xargs -0 /usr/bin/perl -i -pe 's/depends_on macos: \[.*?\]//gsm;s/depends_on macos: .*//g'

This will remove all depends_on macos references of installed casks.

Homebrew on Shafiq Alibhai

Fix casks with `depends_on` that reference pre-Mavericks