gitea not starting as a homebrew service on macOS #12380

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T10:08:01-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 10:08:01 -06:00

Originally created by @Fryguy on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024).

Description

I installed gitea just now via homebrew on macOS. However, the homebrew service kept failing with an obscure error code #19968.

Playing around, I noticed that the plist file described the working directory as /opt/homebrew/opt/gitea/libexec, however that directory didn't exist (/opt/homebrew/opt/gitea existed, just not the libexec subdir). So, I created the directory manually and now everything is working.

I noticed in that gitea directory there's also a systemd unit file named homebrew.gitea.service that also has the working directory set to /opt/homebrew/opt/gitea/libexec, so it's possible this also applies to linux environments as well.

Gitea Version

Gitea version 1.21.4 built with GNU Make 3.81, go1.21.6 : bindata, sqlite, sqlite_unlock_notify

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

No

Log Gist

No response

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Operating System

macOS 13.6.3

How are you running Gitea?

homebrew installation / brew services on macOS (M1)

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Originally created by @Fryguy on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024). ### Description I installed gitea just now via homebrew on macOS. However, the homebrew service kept failing with an obscure error code `#19968`. Playing around, I noticed that the plist file described the working directory as `/opt/homebrew/opt/gitea/libexec`, however that directory didn't exist (`/opt/homebrew/opt/gitea` existed, just not the `libexec` subdir). So, I created the directory manually and now everything is working. I noticed in that gitea directory there's also a systemd unit file named `homebrew.gitea.service` that also has the working directory set to `/opt/homebrew/opt/gitea/libexec`, so it's possible this also applies to linux environments as well. ### Gitea Version Gitea version 1.21.4 built with GNU Make 3.81, go1.21.6 : bindata, sqlite, sqlite_unlock_notify ### Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site? No ### Log Gist _No response_ ### Screenshots _No response_ ### Git Version _No response_ ### Operating System macOS 13.6.3 ### How are you running Gitea? homebrew installation / brew services on macOS (M1) ### Database None

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GiteaMirror commented

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@lunny commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2024):

Hi, Gitea for Brew now maintained in the brew official repository. Please submit an issue there.

ref https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/g/gitea.rb

@lunny commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2024): Hi, Gitea for Brew now maintained in the brew official repository. Please submit an issue there. ref https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/g/gitea.rb

GiteaMirror commented

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Feb 29, 2024):

Automatically locked because of our CONTRIBUTING guidelines

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Feb 29, 2024): Automatically locked because of our [CONTRIBUTING guidelines](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#issue-locking)

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#12380