2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb
index 476e5da4a..7b5bb11f9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ class Keg
     mach_o_files
   end
 
+  def recursive_fgrep_args
+    # Don't recurse into symlinks; the man page says this is the default, but
+    # it's wrong. -O is a BSD-grep-only option.
+    "-lrO"
+  end
+
   def self.file_linked_libraries(file, string)
     # Check dynamic library linkage. Importantly, do not perform for static
     # libraries, which will falsely report "linkage" to themselves.
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb
index 0b1a1bc94..9a9902584 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb
@@ -98,13 +98,14 @@ class Keg
     []
   end
 
+  def recursive_fgrep_args
+    # for GNU grep; overridden for BSD grep on OS X
+    "-lr"
+  end
+  alias generic_recursive_fgrep_args recursive_fgrep_args
+
   def each_unique_file_matching(string)
-    bsd = `/usr/bin/fgrep -V`.include?("BSD grep")
-    grep_args = "-lr"
-    # Don't recurse into symlinks; the man page says this is the default, but
-    # it's wrong.
-    grep_args += "O" if bsd
-    Utils.popen_read("/usr/bin/fgrep", grep_args, string, to_s) do |io|
+    Utils.popen_read("/usr/bin/fgrep", recursive_fgrep_args, string, to_s) do |io|
       hardlinks = Set.new
 
       until io.eof?