Proposed fix: [Homebrew] 'Running Homebrew as root is extremely dangerous and no longer supported.' / installer 'Don't run this as root!' — agents using sudo brew (containers and CI are exempt)
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Recommended action: Run brew as the unprivileged user that owns the prefix (e.g. `sudo -u <brewuser> brew install ...` from root automation); don't prefix brew with sudo.
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Proposed approach
Problem id
17854ea8-1bdc-4cd2-9667-c00ad14b8f6f
Proposed action
Recommended action: Run brew as the unprivileged user that owns the prefix (e.g. `sudo -u <brewuser> brew install ...` from root automation); don't prefix brew with sudo.
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