Re:Homebrew 3.0
by jacobsenscott on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:09PM
(#26039332)
Brew does not start randomly upgrading unrelated packages.
Packages have dependencies, and those dependencies have dependencies. Try `brew deps ---tree x` to see all the dependencies for you package.
Look at `brew pin` to pin packages you don't want brew to upgrade.
Many formula are versioned. For example if you install `postgresql` it will do major upgrades of postgres as they become available, but if you install `[email protected]` it will only install updates to 9.6.
I often do `brew upgrade X`. Brew indeed does what is necessary to upgrade package X + deps. But then goes on and starts upgrading unrelated packages.