Homebrew Can't Find LFTP Formula on macOS Sierra

Question

I just upgraded to macOS Sierra and installed brew to get some packages. Previously I used LFTP to sync files from a remote server more quickly. However, after upgrading to Sierra, brew can no longer install LFTP. After using

brew install lftp

I get the following output and error

Checking out v1.0.1 in /usr/local/Homebrew...
To checkout v1.0.1 in /usr/local/Homebrew run:
  'cd /usr/local/Homebrew && git checkout v1.0.1
Error: No available formula with the name "lftp" 
==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
This similarly named formula was found:
homebrew/x11/curlftpfs ✔
To install it, run:
  brew install homebrew/x11/curlftpfs ✔
==> Searching taps...
Error: No formulae found in taps.

I believe it cannot find the formula... but I'm not sure why. Anyone know of a solution?

Answer 1

It looks like lftp was moved to the boneyard. I still have it installed and it was found in homebrew/boneyard/lftp. Not sure why that happened though. I don't think it's a macOS Sierra related problem, just unfortunate timing.

Answer 2

There's a patch now. lftp is back again and moved from boneyard to mainstream: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commit/2c0e087580bafde50c916ad304ffb2079f593b7e

A simple brew install lftp will work again.