Renamed casks since 4.5.9 - no more updates: recommended way of changing casks?

[fabianschulz]

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 5.0.6
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: d28a8210ba87786bd2553a1d1d410c40ebd18c9f
Last commit: 2 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap JSON: 18 Dec 15:57 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 18 Dec 15:57 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: 28
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 14
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.7 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.7/bin/ruby
CPU: 14-core 64-bit arm_brava
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.39.5 => /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 15.6.1-arm64
CLT: 16.4.0.0.1.1747106510
Xcode: N/A
Rosetta 2: false

Output of brew doctor

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Warning: Some installed casks are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following casks:
  librewolf

Description of issue

Hi everyone, I have quite a few casks installed that were affected by the huge commit #20134 by @MikeMcQuaid introduced in 4.5.9

As a result of the renaming commit, the renamed casks on my Mac do not get any updates any longer when I check for updates via brew outdated. Strangely, I also did not receive any warnings/notifications for those casks since the renaming has taken place.

E.g. I have cask “cog” installed. brew outdated does not show any updates, because cog is now cog-app. This is the same for a number of other casks on my Mac that have been renamed.

My question: what is the recommended way to “fix” those affected, renamed casks? Do I have to manually uninstall each cask and re-install every affected cask with the new “-app” replacement?

brew —uninstall --cask cog
brew install --cask cog-app

Any help would be appreciated!

[cho-m]

E.g. I have cask “cog” installed.

cog-app has auto_update support, so the brew outdated output is expected.

As described in https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#outdated-options-formulacask-, showing new versions for auto_update Casks requires opt-in greedy flags or equivalent environment variables. None of these are set based on your example commands and brew config.

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This is the same for a number of other casks on my Mac that have been renamed.

Please go through these and let us know if any are not auto_update.

Rename should not impact brew [outdated | upgrade] behavior. If it does, then it is a bug and would need further debugging to understand root cause.