1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Formula/nginx.rb b/Library/Formula/nginx.rb
index f8a59dde8..b218e4cf0 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/nginx.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/nginx.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class Nginx < Formula
     man8.install "objs/nginx.8"
     (var/'run/nginx').mkpath
 
+    # nginx’s docroot is #{prefix}/html, this isn't useful, so we symlink it
+    # to #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/var/www. The reason we symlink instead of patching
+    # is so the user can redirect it easily to something else if they choose.
     prefix.cd do
       dst = HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"var/www"
       if not dst.exist?
@@ -85,6 +88,17 @@ class Nginx < Formula
       end
       Pathname.new("#{prefix}/html").make_relative_symlink(dst)
     end
+
+    # for most of this formula’s life the binary has been placed in sbin
+    # and Homebrew used to suggest the user copy the plist for nginx to their
+    # ~/Library/LaunchAgents directory. So we need to have a symlink there
+    # for such cases
+    if (HOMEBREW_CELLAR/'nginx').subdirs.any?{|d| (d/:sbin).directory? }
+      sbin.mkpath
+      sbin.cd do
+        (sbin/'nginx').make_relative_symlink(bin/'nginx')
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def caveats; <<-EOS.undent