Undefined method 'plist_startup' on running service

[adinklotz]

I'm getting an error trying to set up the service:

❯ brew services start restic-automatic-backup-scheduler
Error: undefined method `plist_startup' for #<Formula restic-automatic-backup-scheduler (stable) /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/erikw/homebrew-tap/Formula/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler.rb>
Did you mean?  plist_name
/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/lib/service/formula_wrapper.rb:71:in `service_startup?'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/lib/service/services_cli.rb:280:in `service_load'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/lib/service/services_cli.rb:122:in `block in start'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/lib/service/services_cli.rb:97:in `each'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/lib/service/services_cli.rb:97:in `start'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/lib/service/commands/start.rb:12:in `run'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/cmd/services.rb:130:in `services'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:86:in `<main>'

It sounds like this may be related to a recent breaking change to Homebrew service definitions - it looks like hopefully a quick fix but unfortunately I don't have the understanding of homebrew internals or time to learn them right now

Running Homebrew 4.2.2-4-g080e61f, macOS 14.2.1

[jjdevega]

I am getting the same error, macOS 13.6.1 and homebrew 4.2.3 (freshly reinstalled).

[olalonde]

Same error. It looks like brew is not creating the ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.restic-automatic-backup-scheduler.plist file.

edit: workaround:

adding the following to /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/erikw/homebrew-tap/Formula/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler.rb seems to fix the issue:

  service do
    name macos: "#{plist_name}"
  end

edit2: nvm, getting this error now:

$ brew services start restic-automatic-backup-scheduler                                                                                                                                      stable
Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error
Try re-running the command as root for richer errors.
Error: Failure while executing; `/bin/launchctl bootstrap gui/501 /Users/redacted/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.restic-automatic-backup-scheduler.plist` exited with 5.

[johnsturgeon]

Fix appears to be this

diff --git a/lib/service/formula_wrapper.rb b/lib/service/formula_wrapper.rb
index 095b58a..c5b6d0c 100644
--- a/lib/service/formula_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/service/formula_wrapper.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module Service
         return @service_startup
       end

-      @service_startup ||= formula.plist_startup.present?
+      @service_startup ||= formula.plist_name.present?
     end

     # Path to destination service directory. If run as root, it's `boot_path`, else `user_path`.