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Brew: 4.6.12 Release

Release date:

September 22, 2025

Previous version:

4.6.11 (released September 14, 2025)

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What's Changed

Improve superenv mixing newer LLVM headers with Apple libc++ by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20653
feat: reinstall pkgconf automatically on macOS version mismatch by @naboyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20674
rubocops/components_order: skip fails_with inside on_system by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20688
global brewfile location defaults to user conf dir by @rrotter in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20683
github_runner_matrix: update GitHub Actions runners by @carlocab in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20691
Use new GitHub Actions macOS Tahoe (26) runner by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20690
extend/pathname: fix signature of install_metafiles by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20693
Add --force switch for contributions command by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20694
extend/os/mac/reinstall: fix pkgconf reinstall by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20692
Enable recursive typechecking in specs by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20644
cask/audit: always run min_os audit by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20695
Revert "Enable recursive typechecking in specs" by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20704
cmd/update-report: fix type by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20705
dev-cmd/contributions: remove --force flag. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20701
brew bundle: fix oldname handling. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20709
cmd/update-report: fix an "unsupported key" error by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20711
compilers: prioritise LLVM clang over GCC on macOS by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20696
test/github_runner_matrix: prevent dropping supported macOS versions from CI by @carlocab in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20714
Portable Ruby 3.4.6 by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20713
extend/ENV/std: fix llvm_clang usage in stdenv by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20715
extend/ENV/super: default to -O2 with GCC by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20716
Migrate Linux CI to GCC 12 by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20609
dev-cmd/contributions: fix zero nil check. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20717
Fix keg relocation for Homebrew-created files to ensure proper bottling by @Copilot in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20657
chore: switch cask-ci-matrix to cask methods by @SMillerDev in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20720
cmd/shellenv: fix for tcsh by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20725
caveats: suggest setting CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH when appropriate by @carlocab in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20606
Load casks from internal API by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20726
Bump the "all" group with 3 updates across multiple ecosystems by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20727
cask/dsl: add some Sorbet types. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20728
Migrate Homebrew/command-not-found to Homebrew/brew by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20730
Fix attestation check timing with concurrent downloads by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20731
workflows/pkg-installer: restore Intel testing by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20736
various: migrate Intel to Sequoia by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20737
Npm: fetch latest version from registry.npmjs.org by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20734
dev-cmd/bottle: fix relocatable bottling for GCC and Binutils on Linux by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20738
Update executables.txt in brew update when needed by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20739
command-not-found-init: match fish init behavior to *sh by @gromgit in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20741
Fix Cask download symlink creation errors due to long filenames by @Copilot in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20718
Remove mentions of qlplugin artifact in documentation by @Mick235711 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20744
Revert "Merge pull request #20713 from Homebrew/portable-ruby-3.4.6" by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20747
download_queue: restore Interrupt handling by @ZhongRuoyu in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20746

New Contributors

@naboyu made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20674
@Mick235711 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20744

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/4.6.11...4.6.12