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pin homebrew readline to version 7.0.5, permanantly
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brew-pin-readline.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Uninstall this incompatible version
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies readline
# Go to the local clone of homebrew-core
pushd "$(brew --prefix)/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core"
# Move to the homebrew-core revision that had 7.0.5, last version before 8
# see: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/b1bd1c4a62e1336422de3614d1fc49ffbce589a8/Formula/readline.rb
git checkout b1bd1c4a62e1336422de3614d1fc49ffbce589a8
# Re-install readline
brew reinstall readline
# Switch back to HEAD
git checkout master
# Pin readline so this can't happen again
brew pin readline
popd
# just for reference, another fix:
# optionally, kill it with fire.
# ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib
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