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| author | Mike McQuaid | 2017-01-11 11:13:26 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub | 2017-01-11 11:13:26 -0800 |
| commit | ebf3d939d1d63ea2cf8b8185e1c36a6e4a066d48 (patch) | |
| tree | fac9a4ff7c4867c53612e8349bea237777b17164 /docs | |
| parent | 0a7e69173dc6fa2e5adf606abb9784fd827f9afc (diff) | |
| parent | c0a29d664420bb568036f8e92654cf5e0b73da3e (diff) | |
| download | brew-ebf3d939d1d63ea2cf8b8185e1c36a6e4a066d48.tar.bz2 | |
Merge pull request #1808 from MikeMcQuaid/deprecate-linkapps
Deprecate brew (un)linkapps.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/brew.1.html | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/brew.1.html b/docs/brew.1.html index 8c81b1ddb..ba65157cb 100644 --- a/docs/brew.1.html +++ b/docs/brew.1.html @@ -223,7 +223,12 @@ actually link or delete any files.</p> <p>If <code>--force</code> is passed, Homebrew will allow keg-only formulae to be linked.</p></dd> <dt><code>linkapps</code> [<code>--local</code>] [<var>formulae</var>]</dt><dd><p>Find installed formulae that provide <code>.app</code>-style macOS apps and symlink them -into <code>/Applications</code>, allowing for easier access.</p> +into <code>/Applications</code>, allowing for easier access (deprecated).</p> + +<p>Unfortunately <code>brew linkapps</code> cannot behave nicely with e.g. Spotlight using +either aliases or symlinks and Homebrew formulae do not build "proper" <code>.app</code> +bundles that can be relocated. Instead, please consider using <code>brew cask</code> and +migrate formulae using <code>.app</code>s to casks.</p> <p>If no <var>formulae</var> are provided, all of them will have their apps symlinked.</p> @@ -369,7 +374,12 @@ for temporarily disabling a formula: <p>If <code>--dry-run</code> or <code>-n</code> is passed, Homebrew will list all files which would be unlinked, but will not actually unlink or delete any files.</p></dd> -<dt><code>unlinkapps</code> [<code>--local</code>] [<code>--dry-run</code>] [<var>formulae</var>]</dt><dd><p>Remove symlinks created by <code>brew linkapps</code> from <code>/Applications</code>.</p> +<dt><code>unlinkapps</code> [<code>--local</code>] [<code>--dry-run</code>] [<var>formulae</var>]</dt><dd><p>Remove symlinks created by <code>brew linkapps</code> from <code>/Applications</code> (deprecated).</p> + +<p>Unfortunately <code>brew linkapps</code> cannot behave nicely with e.g. Spotlight using +either aliases or symlinks and Homebrew formulae do not build "proper" <code>.app</code> +bundles that can be relocated. Instead, please consider using <code>brew cask</code> and +migrate formulae using <code>.app</code>s to casks.</p> <p>If no <var>formulae</var> are provided, all linked apps will be removed.</p> |