# Homebrew addon randomly fails to install packages

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/homebrew-addon-randomly-fails-to-install-packages/4507>\
**Category:** macOS\
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/homebrew-addon-randomly-fails-to-install-packages/4507 "2019-08-02T14:25:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/homebrew-addon-randomly-fails-to-install-packages/4507/2 "2019-08-02T15:03:13Z")

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> [@OSX Homebrew addons module not as reliable as claimed](https://travis-ci.community/t/osx-homebrew-addons-module-not-as-reliable-as-claimed/4054):
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> In the documentation: The Homebrew addon correctly handles up-to-date, outdated, and missing packages. Manual Homebrew dependency scripts are error-prone, and we recommend against using them. However, I have found there are at least three cases where the homebrew addon fails to properly handle things When an update is needed because homebrew is out of date, the addon fails to do so automatically. This means I am forced to always specify update: yes in my configurations The homebrew addon d…

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