brew doctor fails to create ~/Library/Caches/Homebrew

[auxbuss]

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• ran brew update and can still reproduce the problem?
• ran brew doctor, fixed all issues and can still reproduce the problem?
• ran brew config and brew doctor and included their output with your issue?

To help us debug your issue please explain:

• What you were trying to do (and why)

Run brew doctor after having cleared ~/Library/Caches

• What happened (include command output)

❯ brew doctor
Error: No such file or directory - /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/Homebrew/linkage

• What you expected to happen

❯ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

• Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

❯ git co e39b6f589
HEAD is now at e39b6f589 Merge pull request #4329 from MikeMcQuaid/linkage-cache-developers
/usr/local/Homebrew ((e39b6f589...))
❯ rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Homebrew/
/usr/local/Homebrew ((e39b6f589...))
❯ brew doctor
Error: No such file or directory - /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/Homebrew/linkage
/usr/local/Homebrew ((e39b6f589...))
❯ git co 42f5c2e4
Previous HEAD position was e39b6f589 Merge pull request #4329 from MikeMcQuaid/linkage-cache-developers
HEAD is now at 42f5c2e4d Merge pull request #4336 from ilovezfs/bump-formula-pr-fix-mirror
/usr/local/Homebrew ((42f5c2e4d...))
❯ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

❯ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.6.8-17-g42f5c2e
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 42f5c2e4da173db4ffdec0c0d2e38ab444797146
Last commit: 8 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 00dfbfc078206126c47b84a28855266a60403f32
Core tap last commit: 32 minutes ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: set
HOMEBREW_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: set
HOMEBREW_DEV_CMD_RUN: 1
HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: set
HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS_THIS_RUN: 1
CPU: octa-core 64-bit haswell
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.3 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3_2/bin/ruby
Clang: 9.1 build 902
Git: 2.17.1 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: N/A
macOS: 10.13.5-x86_64
CLT: 10.0.0.0.1.1527767617
Xcode: 9.4.1
XQuartz: N/A

[MikeMcQuaid]

Can you run brew doctor --debug and paste the output here? Thanks!

[auxbuss]

❯ brew doctor --debug
Checking check_access_cache
Checking check_access_cellar
Checking check_access_homebrew_repository
Checking check_access_lock_dir
Checking check_access_logs
Checking check_access_prefix_directories
Checking check_access_site_packages
Checking check_brew_git_origin
Checking check_build_from_source
Checking check_clt_minimum_version
Checking check_clt_up_to_date
Checking check_coretap_git_origin
Checking check_filesystem_case_sensitive
Checking check_for_anaconda
Checking check_for_bad_curl
Checking check_for_bad_python_symlink
Checking check_for_beta_xquartz
Checking check_for_config_scripts
Checking check_for_external_cmd_name_conflict
Checking check_for_gettext
Checking check_for_git
Checking check_for_iconv
Checking check_for_installed_developer_tools
Checking check_for_multiple_volumes
Checking check_for_non_prefixed_coreutils
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::FormulaLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/coreutils.rb
Checking check_for_non_prefixed_findutils
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::FormulaLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/findutils.rb
Checking check_for_other_frameworks
Checking check_for_other_package_managers
Checking check_for_pydistutils_cfg_in_home
Checking check_for_stray_dylibs
Checking check_for_stray_headers
Checking check_for_stray_las
Checking check_for_stray_pcs
Checking check_for_stray_static_libs
Checking check_for_symlinked_cellar
Checking check_for_tap_ruby_files_locations
Checking check_for_unlinked_but_not_keg_only
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/readline.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/sqlite.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/gettext.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/[email protected]
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/openssl.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libffi.rb
Checking check_for_unsupported_macos
Checking check_git_newline_settings
Checking check_git_status
Checking check_git_version
Checking check_homebrew_prefix
Checking check_if_xcode_needs_clt_installed
Checking check_ld_vars
Checking check_multiple_cellars
Checking check_ruby_version
Checking check_tmpdir
Checking check_tmpdir_sticky_bit
Checking check_user_path_1
Checking check_user_path_2
Checking check_user_path_3
Checking check_xcode_license_approved
Checking check_xcode_minimum_version
Checking check_xcode_prefix
Checking check_xcode_prefix_exists
Checking check_xcode_select_path
Checking check_xcode_up_to_date
Checking check_xquartz_up_to_date
Checking check_for_broken_symlinks
Checking check_missing_deps
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/pkg-config.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/vim.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/tree.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libtiff.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/gmp.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/wget.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/pinentry.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/wxmac.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libidn2.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/pandoc.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libksba.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/[email protected]
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libpng.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/nettle.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/gdbm.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/mpfr.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/python.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/redis.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libunistring.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libyaml.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/mtr.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/perl.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/gcc.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libassuan.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libgpg-error.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/xz.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/bash.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libgcrypt.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/ansible.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/nginx.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/unrar.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/autoconf.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/tidy-html5.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libtasn1.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/isl.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/rename.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/pcre.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libidn.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/jpeg.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/ncdu.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/nmap.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/olleolleolle/homebrew-adr-tools/Formula/adr_tools.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::FormulaLoader): loading /usr/local/opt/adr_tools/.brew/adr_tools.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libusb.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/bash-completion.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/gnupg.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/p11-kit.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/ack.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/ruby.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/git.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libmpc.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/gnutls.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/npth.rb
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::TapLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/adns.rb
Error: No such file or directory - /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/Homebrew/linkage
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cache_store.rb:65:in `open'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cache_store.rb:65:in `db'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cache_store.rb:23:in `set'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/linkage_cache_store.rb:38:in `update!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb:138:in `check_dylibs'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb:25:in `initialize'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:1557:in `new'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:1557:in `block in undeclared_runtime_dependencies'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cache_store.rb:16:in `use'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:1556:in `undeclared_runtime_dependencies'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:1532:in `runtime_dependencies'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:1568:in `missing_dependencies'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:13:in `block in missing_deps'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:12:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:12:in `missing_deps'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:720:in `check_missing_deps'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:46:in `block in doctor'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:38:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:38:in `doctor'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:99:in `<main>'