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-rw-r--r--Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
index 1ec35b9cd..dd95cc789 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class Pathname
# NOTE only system ln -s will create RELATIVE symlinks
quiet_system 'ln', '-s', src.relative_path_from(self.dirname), self.basename
if not $?.success?
- if symlink? && exist? || symlink?
+ if symlink? && exist?
raise <<-EOS.undent
Could not symlink file: #{src.expand_path}
Target #{self} already exists as a symlink to #{readlink}.
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ class Pathname
To list all files that would be deleted:
brew link --overwrite --dry-run formula_name
EOS
+ elsif symlink?
+ unlink
+ make_relative_symlink(src)
elsif !dirname.writable_real?
raise <<-EOS.undent
Could not symlink file: #{src.expand_path}