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| author | Dominyk Tiller | 2016-02-18 00:15:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike McQuaid | 2016-02-18 08:19:17 +0000 |
| commit | 3b0e89c43d402b403019bacc437aef7d76754983 (patch) | |
| tree | cf5c8f56dff74c3c397d101397a0c97caf4a3194 | |
| parent | 81c97e1686b64f969b9af71c5142e6fb20d42ee2 (diff) | |
| download | brew-3b0e89c43d402b403019bacc437aef7d76754983.tar.bz2 | |
FAQ: minor tweaks
Closes Homebrew/homebrew#49281.
Signed-off-by: Mike McQuaid <mike@mikemcquaid.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/homebrew/FAQ.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/FAQ.md b/share/doc/homebrew/FAQ.md index 82a8fe6bb..a5dacb222 100644 --- a/share/doc/homebrew/FAQ.md +++ b/share/doc/homebrew/FAQ.md @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ alternative](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/qa/qa1067/_index.html). Read [CONTRIBUTING.md](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md). ### Why do you compile everything? -Homebrew provides pre-compiled versions for some formulae. These +Homebrew provides pre-compiled versions for many formulae. These pre-compiled versions are referred to as **bottles** and are available at: [https://bintray.com/homebrew/bottles](https://bintray.com/homebrew/bottles). @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ will use a bottled version of $FORMULA, but `brew install $FORMULA --enable-bar` will trigger a source build. * The `--build-from-source` option is invoked. * The environment variable `HOMEBREW_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE` is set. -* The machine is not running OS X 10.8+ as all bottled builds are -generated on Mountain Lion or later. +* The machine is not running OS X 10.9+ as all bottled builds are +generated on Mavericks or later. * Homebrew is installed to a prefix other than the standard `/usr/local` (although some bottles support this) @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Or: `brew pull https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/1234` -### Why does Homebrew insist I install to `/usr/local`? +### Why does Homebrew prefer I install to `/usr/local`? <a name="usrlocal"></a> 1. **It’s easier**<br>`/usr/local/bin` is already in your |