Homebrew cask: generated tap warning — switch hooks.post.install to install_steps once GoReleaser ships it

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Since Sep 21, 2026.

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, release

Research direction

Start with .goreleaser.yaml and the hooks.post.install configuration, then check whether the GoReleaser structured install_steps support has shipped. Update the hook when available and inspect the generated Casks/lstk.rb output. Done means the generated cask no longer emits the deprecated postflight warning and passes brew style.

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Description

Every brew operation that reads localstack/tap/lstk currently prints a deprecation warning to end users:

Warning: Calling `postflight` is deprecated! Use `postflight_steps` instead.
Please report this issue to the localstack/homebrew-tap tap ...
  Casks/lstk.rb:39

Root cause

.goreleaser.yaml configures the tap release via raw-Ruby hook:

hooks:
  post:
    install: |
      if OS.mac?
        system_command "/usr/bin/xattr", args: ["-dr", "com.apple.quarantine", "#{staged_path}/lstk"]
      end

GoReleaser passes this body through verbatim into the now-deprecated cask postflight stanza.

Suggested fix

Homebrew deprecated the raw-Ruby preflight/postflight blocks in favor of structured *_steps stanzas (Homebrew/brew#23366). GoReleaser support for the structured DSL is already up as goreleaser/goreleaser#6873 (all checks green at the time of writing). Once that ships, the config can become:

hooks:
  post:
    install_steps: |
      on_macos do
        run "/usr/bin/xattr", args: ["-dr", "com.apple.quarantine", "{{ .StagedPath }}/lstk"]
      end

(Note: raw #{staged_path} interpolation is not available in the new DSL; GoReleaser #6873 adds {{ .StagedPath }} for exactly this.)

Interim state

The generated cask has been patched manually in the interim: localstack/homebrew-tap#8 \u2014 verified via brew style and a real install on macOS arm64. Note that the next lstk release regenerates the cask and would reintroduce the legacy stanza until this config lands.

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