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too many open files error on Linux #19866

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@valeriyvan

brew doctor output

brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

Verification

  • My "brew doctor output" above says Your system is ready to brew. and am still able to reproduce my issue.
  • I ran brew update twice and am still able to reproduce my issue.
  • This issue's title and/or description do not reference a single formula e.g. brew install wget. If they do, open an issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/new/choose instead.

brew config output

brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.5.0
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 3332d3331b56e0aff675d3816d8ebfe564075299
Last commit: 2 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap JSON: 01 May 13:03 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DISPLAY: :0
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.3 => /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.3/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit skylake
Clang: 20.1.3
Git: 2.34.1 => /bin/git
Curl: 7.81.0 => /bin/curl
Kernel: Linux 6.8.0-58-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (jammy)
Host glibc: 2.35
/usr/bin/gcc: 11.4.0
/usr/bin/ruby: N/A
glibc: N/A
gcc@11: N/A
gcc: N/A
xorg: N/A

What were you trying to do (and why)?

Trying to install libadwaita

What happened (include all command output)?

First install fails with error about too many open files, successive install succeeds

What did you expect to happen?

I expect install succeed without error about too many open files

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

On Ubuntu
1. Install brew on Ubuntu according to Homebrew website.
2. Run brew install libadwaita

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