homebrew: reports failure when installing "emacs" formula

[markshep]

Summary

When I try to install the "emacs" formula I get this error:

Warning: Treating emacs as a formula. For the cask, use homebrew/cask/emacs or specify the `--cask` flag.

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

homebrew

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.16.5]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/Users/mark/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/9.4.0_1/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/mark/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/homebrew/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.12.3 (main, Apr  9 2024, 08:09:14) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)] (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/9.4.0_1/libexec/bin/python)
  jinja version = 3.1.3
  libyaml = True

Community.general Version

$ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
# /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/9.4.0_1/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 8.5.0  

Configuration

$ ansible-config dump --only-changed
CONFIG_FILE() = None
EDITOR(env: EDITOR) = /Users/mark/bin/scripts/emacs
PAGER(env: PAGER) = less

OS / Environment

macOS 14.4.1 (23E224) on Apple Silicon M1
Homebrew 4.2.18

Steps to Reproduce

- name: "homebrew : install emacs"
  homebrew:
    name:
      - emacs
  become: true
  become_user: mark

Expected Results

I expect to install the "emacs" formula without issuing an error.

Actual Results

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory/main.yml site.yml -t macos --limit macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet -vvv
ansible-playbook [core 2.16.5]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/Users/mark/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/9.4.0_1/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/mark/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/homebrew/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 3.12.3 (main, Apr  9 2024, 08:09:14) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)] (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/9.4.0_1/libexec/bin/python)
  jinja version = 3.1.3
  libyaml = True
No config file found; using defaults
host_list declined parsing /Users/mark/code/ddf-ansible/inventory/main.yml as it did not pass its verify_file() method
script declined parsing /Users/mark/code/ddf-ansible/inventory/main.yml as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Parsed /Users/mark/code/ddf-ansible/inventory/main.yml inventory source with yaml plugin
Skipping callback 'default', as we already have a stdout callback.
Skipping callback 'minimal', as we already have a stdout callback.
Skipping callback 'oneline', as we already have a stdout callback.

PLAYBOOK: site.yml *************************************************************
10 plays in site.yml

PLAY [base Debian configuration] ***********************************************

PLAY [base macOS configuration] ************************************************

TASK [macos-base : include_tasks] **********************************************
task path: /Users/mark/code/ddf-ansible/roles/macos-base/tasks/main.yml:2
redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.homebrew to community.general.homebrew
included: /Users/mark/code/ddf-ansible/roles/macos-base/tasks/homebrew.yml for macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet

TASK [macos-base : homebrew : install emacs] ***********************************
task path: /Users/mark/code/ddf-ansible/roles/macos-base/tasks/homebrew.yml:2
redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.homebrew to community.general.homebrew
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~root && sleep 0'"'"''
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (0, b'/var/root\n', b'')
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /var/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086="` echo /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (0, b'ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086=/var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086\n', b'')
redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.homebrew to community.general.homebrew
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> Attempting python interpreter discovery
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo PLATFORM; uname; echo FOUND; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.12'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.11'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.10'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.9'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.8'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.7'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.6'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/bin/python3'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/libexec/platform-python'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python2.7'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/bin/python'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; echo ENDFOUND && sleep 0'"'"''
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (0, b'PLATFORM\nDarwin\nFOUND\n/usr/bin/python3\nENDFOUND\n', b'')
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> Python interpreter discovery fallback (unsupported platform for extended discovery: darwin)
Using module file /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/9.4.0_1/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/modules/homebrew.py
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> PUT /Users/mark/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-26012cb3gygb4/tmp8qfs6gfn TO /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/AnsiballZ_homebrew.py
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' '[macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet]'
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (0, b'sftp> put /Users/mark/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-26012cb3gygb4/tmp8qfs6gfn /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/AnsiballZ_homebrew.py\n', b'')
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'setfacl -m u:mark:r-x /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/ /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/AnsiballZ_homebrew.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (127, b'', b'/bin/sh: setfacl: command not found\n')
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> Failed to connect to the host via ssh: /bin/sh: setfacl: command not found
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chmod u+x /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/ /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/AnsiballZ_homebrew.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (0, b'', b'')
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chown mark /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/ /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/AnsiballZ_homebrew.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (0, b'', b'')
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' -tt macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'sudo -H -S -n  -u mark /bin/sh -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-jxffvulggznewlinyqnxidvwxiqiwxab ; /usr/bin/python3 /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/AnsiballZ_homebrew.py'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' && sleep 0'"'"''
Escalation succeeded
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (1, b'shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied\r\njob-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied\r\n\r\n{"failed": true, "msg": "Warning: Treating emacs as a formula. For the cask, use homebrew/cask/emacs or specify the `--cask` flag.", "invocation": {"module_args": {"name": ["emacs"], "path": "/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin", "state": "present", "update_homebrew": false, "upgrade_all": false, "install_options": [], "upgrade_options": []}}}\r\n', b'Shared connection to macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet closed.\r\n')
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> Failed to connect to the host via ssh: Shared connection to macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet closed.
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/Users/mark/.ansible/cp/0622c77de3"' macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet '/bin/sh -c '"'"'rm -f -r /var/tmp/ansible-tmp-1713349079.605263-26016-197675568165086/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'"'"''
<macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet> (0, b'', b'')
fatal: [macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet]: FAILED! => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3"
    },
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "install_options": [],
            "name": [
                "emacs"
            ],
            "path": "/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin",
            "state": "present",
            "update_homebrew": false,
            "upgrade_all": false,
            "upgrade_options": []
        }
    },
    "msg": "Warning: Treating emacs as a formula. For the cask, use homebrew/cask/emacs or specify the `--cask` flag."
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
macbook-2020-wireless.ddf.intranet : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   

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[markshep]

When I run brew directly I get this:

$ brew install emacs
Warning: Treating emacs as a formula. For the cask, use homebrew/cask/emacs or specify the `--cask` flag.
Warning: emacs 29.3 is already installed and up-to-date.
To reinstall 29.3, run:
  brew reinstall emacs

Adding the --formulae option suppresses the warning message that's triggering the error in Ansible:

$ brew install --formulae emacs
==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json

Warning: emacs 29.3 is already installed and up-to-date.
To reinstall 29.3, run:
  brew reinstall emacs

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[felixfontein]

See also #7044.

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[ggustafsson]

Same issue discussed here as well:
#8274