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by stevefan1999 1292 days ago
this would mean it requires a redesign and think for separating user and system package. much like root and rootless containers
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Sorry, but I’m failing to see how rootless containers are relevant.

Having multiple user accounts is a legit use case - think e.g. a shared device. A typical Linux package manager’s install is a privileged operation. Homebrew on the other hand gives the user that had originally installed it write permissions to certain directories. This strategy enables sudo-less brew install for the specific user and prevent it from being used by anyone else.