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| author | Mike McQuaid | 2015-10-23 14:55:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Mike McQuaid | 2015-10-23 15:13:10 +0100 |
| commit | b459ba7a833d7866bde9fd976acd64fea74a5620 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e3eaff5c92a062ce2e3243505008daf13445751 | |
| parent | e7ef3e36e245fa30cab23d5802d0c701823c9ee4 (diff) | |
| download | brew-b459ba7a833d7866bde9fd976acd64fea74a5620.tar.bz2 | |
El_Capitan_and_Homebrew: a few updates.
Firm up some of the wording and remove stuff given that 10.10.1 didn't reset permissions back.
Closes Homebrew/homebrew#45267.
Signed-off-by: Mike McQuaid <mike@mikemcquaid.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/homebrew/El_Capitan_and_Homebrew.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/El_Capitan_and_Homebrew.md b/share/doc/homebrew/El_Capitan_and_Homebrew.md index af80d5d00..baa769b7f 100644 --- a/share/doc/homebrew/El_Capitan_and_Homebrew.md +++ b/share/doc/homebrew/El_Capitan_and_Homebrew.md @@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ Part of the OS X 10.11/El Capitan changes is something called [System Integrity SIP prevents you from writing to many system directories such as `/usr`, `/System` & `/bin`, regardless of whether or not you are root. The Apple keynote is [here](https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2015/?id=706) if you'd like to learn more. -One of the implications of SIP is that you cannot simply create `/usr/local` if it is removed or doesn't exist for another reason. However, as noted in the keynote, Apple is leaving `/usr/local` open for developers to use, so Homebrew can still be used as expected. - -Apple documentation *hints* that `/usr/local` will be returned to `root:wheel restricted` permissions on [every OS X update](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/General/rn-osx-10.11/index.html). There is a `brew doctor` check in place to advise if permissions have slipped for whatever reason. +One of the implications of SIP is that you cannot simply create `/usr/local` if you have removed it. However, as noted in the keynote, Apple is leaving `/usr/local` open for developers to use, so Homebrew can still be used as expected. **If you haven't installed Homebrew in `/usr/local` or another system-protected directory, this document does not apply to you.** |