2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 282876df4..0d9503599 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class Formula
   def bin; prefix+'bin' end
   def sbin; prefix+'sbin' end
   def doc; prefix+'share'+'doc'+name end
+  def etc; prefix+'etc' end
   def lib; prefix+'lib' end
   def libexec; prefix+'libexec' end
   def man; prefix+'share'+'man' end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/pathname+yeast.rb b/Library/Homebrew/pathname+yeast.rb
index c34b6684f..a24532db1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/pathname+yeast.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/pathname+yeast.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ class Pathname
       return self+src
     end
   end
+  
+  # we assume this pathname object is a file obviously
+  def write content
+    raise "Will not overwrite #{f}" if exist? and not ARGV.force?
+    dirname.mkpath
+    File.open(self, 'w') {|f| f.write content }
+  end
 
   def cp dst
     if file?