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| author | Mike McQuaid | 2016-08-25 15:29:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Mike McQuaid | 2016-08-25 15:29:43 +0100 |
| commit | 2691cf1b8b7e69b180c7496da07b16bd688c8cba (patch) | |
| tree | b5a809059966f9e326a510835054f075d659be6e /Library | |
| parent | 72846fac47eb16e1f423b02637e11476e15752cd (diff) | |
| download | brew-2691cf1b8b7e69b180c7496da07b16bd688c8cba.tar.bz2 | |
diagnostic: tweak /usr/local messaging.
Highlight that the main reason for preferring /usr/local is because of
bottles. There's been some confusion around this e.g.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/3968
Diffstat (limited to 'Library')
| -rw-r--r-- | Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb index a0c6dcd21..7022987f2 100644 --- a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb +++ b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb @@ -443,8 +443,9 @@ module Homebrew <<-EOS.undent Your Homebrew is not installed to /usr/local - You can install Homebrew anywhere you want, but some brews may only build - correctly if you install in /usr/local. Sorry! + You can install Homebrew anywhere you want but some bottles (binary + packages) can only be used in /usr/local and some formulae (packages) + may not build correctly unless you install in /usr/local. Sorry! EOS end |