Set Spyder cast to auto_updates true

[dan-weiss]

Spyder updates fail with brew due to the existence of the library folder. Spyder has its own update mechanism. This will set the auto_updates flag to true to avoid this error.

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[bevanjkay]

Thanks @dan-weiss

Spyder updates fail with brew due to the existence of the library folder.

Can you please explain this a bit further? The cask still need to be able to succeed at brew upgrade even if we add auto_updates true.

[dan-weiss]

Thanks @dan-weiss

Spyder updates fail with brew due to the existence of the library folder.

Can you please explain this a bit further? The cask still need to be able to succeed at brew upgrade even if we add auto_updates true.

Maybe I misunderstood the auto_updates feature. I thought this told brew not to try to upgrade a cask that it knows updates itself. Is there a way to do that with brew? Or should I be looking at making other updates to the formula?

BTW, it is the presence of /Library/spyder-6 that the installer doesn't like upon brew upgrade.

[bevanjkay]

Maybe I misunderstood the auto_updates feature. I thought this told brew not to try to upgrade a cask that it knows updates itself. Is there a way to do that with brew? Or should I be looking at making other updates to the formula?

It only prevents the brew upgrade command from trying to upgrade the cask. Calling brew upgrade spyder or brew upgrade --greedy or brew upgrade --greedy-auto-updates would run an upgrade.

I have just tried to install and then upgrade the application and I am not able to replicate your issue.