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diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/inreplace.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/inreplace.rb index 8ed32bc5b..ee47da457 100644 --- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/inreplace.rb +++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/inreplace.rb @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ module Utils end module Inreplace + # Sometimes we have to change a bit before we install. Mostly we + # prefer a patch but if you need the `prefix` of this formula in the + # patch you have to resort to `inreplace`, because in the patch + # you don't have access to any var defined by the formula. Only + # HOMEBREW_PREFIX is available in the embedded patch. + # inreplace supports regular expressions. + # <pre>inreplace "somefile.cfg", /look[for]what?/, "replace by #{bin}/tool"</pre> def inreplace(paths, before = nil, after = nil) errors = {} |