Formula uses deprecated 'depends_on macos: :high_sierra' which is now disabled by Homebrew

[llathieyre]

Issue

Running brew install powershell/tap/powershell fails with the following error:

Error: powershell/tap/powershell: Calling `depends_on macos: :high_sierra` is disabled! There is no replacement.

Steps to Reproduce

brew install powershell/tap/powershell

Root Cause

In Formula/powershell.rb at line 33:

depends_on macos: :high_sierra

Homebrew has disabled the depends_on macos: DSL (with no replacement). This causes the install to fail immediately.

Fix

Remove line 33 from Formula/powershell.rb:

depends_on macos: :high_sierra

PowerShell 7.5.2 targets .NET 9, which no longer requires a minimum macOS version constraint to be declared in the formula this way.

Environment

• Homebrew version: Homebrew 5.1.0
• macOS: 26.3.1
• Architecture: arm64

[xtqqczze]

Related: #1297

[xtqqczze]

Duplicate of #1310

[o-l-a-v]

Use the new formula instead?

• powershell 7.5.4 (new formula) Homebrew/homebrew-core#268901
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/powershell#default

brew install powershell.

[sdwheeler]

Microsoft did not create and does not support this formula. File the issue in the Homebrew repository.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues

[xtqqczze]

@sdwheeler This issue is about a formula in this repository, not the Homebrew repository.

[sdwheeler]

@sdwheeler This issue is about a formula in this repository, not the Homebrew repository.

Oh, that formula hasn't been updated in a very long time. I don't think it was ever published. We are no longer maintaining a brew installer right now.

[xtqqczze]

@sdwheeler The formula in this tap was the documented method to install the LTS version of PowerShell up until about 3 weeks ago, as shown here:

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs/blob/92131d93381da4d1067aaf6de8679b1955ffd733~1/reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-powershell-on-macos.md#:~:text=powershell/tap/powershell%2Dlts

[sdwheeler]

@xtqqczze That is not the current documentation or the current formula.

[xtqqczze]

@sdwheeler I’m going to disengage from this discussion rather than continue in a way that isn’t productive.

[sdwheeler]

I have asked the engineering team to look into this. It is up to them.