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-rwxr-xr-xLibrary/Homebrew/build.rb10
-rw-r--r--Library/Homebrew/formula.rb2
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
index 98924f648..f13a84dde 100755
--- a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ def install f
else
f.prefix.mkpath
f.install
+
+ # Install a plist if one is defined
+ unless f.startup_plist.nil?
+ unless f.plist_path.exist?
+ f.plist_path.write f.startup_plist
+ f.plist_path.chmod 0644
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Find and link metafiles
FORMULA_META_FILES.each do |filename|
next if File.directory? filename
target_file = filename
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 7ce9bcc15..2fbfbe201 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ class Formula
# generally we don't want var stuff inside the keg
def var; HOMEBREW_PREFIX+'var' end
+ # override this to provide a plist
+ def startup_plist; nil; end
# plist name, i.e. the name of the launchd service
def plist_name; 'homebrew.mxcl.'+name end
def plist_path; prefix+(plist_name+'.plist') end