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authorJack Nagel2011-11-03 22:38:58 -0500
committerJack Nagel2011-11-03 22:38:58 -0500
commitb28daacd25c4270e02c8ec5c1926b695771f315e (patch)
treecbf08ccab8842b1203f69ca9cd252809acbc9ea9 /Library/Formula/coreutils.rb
parent9ca128795991a5031863a66fe96972e660f69a19 (diff)
downloadhomebrew-b28daacd25c4270e02c8ec5c1926b695771f315e.tar.bz2
coreutils: clarify consequences of --default-names
Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Library/Formula/coreutils.rb b/Library/Formula/coreutils.rb
index cdc0dc54d..8bc840b21 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/coreutils.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/coreutils.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ The man pages are still referenced with the g-prefix.
<<-EOS
Installing coreutils using the default names will cause the utilities to
shadow system-provided BSD tools if /usr/local/bin is ahead of /usr/bin in
-the path. This may cause problems in shell scripts.
+the path.
+
+This can cause problems in shell scripts.
+
+Some software in Homebrew expects the system-provided tools to be first in
+the path, and builds may fail if the coreutils verions are used instead.
EOS
end
end