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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 7e3c5e491..47057d662 100644 --- a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb +++ b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb @@ -514,9 +514,10 @@ module Homebrew unless HOMEBREW_PREFIX.writable_real? then <<-EOS.undent The /usr/local directory is not writable. Even if this directory was writable when you installed Homebrew, other - software may change permissions on this directory. Some versions of the + software may change permissions on this directory. For example, upgrading + to OS X El Capitan has been known to do this. Some versions of the "InstantOn" component of Airfoil or running Cocktail cleanup/optimizations - are known to do this. + are known to do this as well. You should probably change the ownership and permissions of /usr/local back to your user account. |