From b28daacd25c4270e02c8ec5c1926b695771f315e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Nagel Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:38:58 -0500 Subject: coreutils: clarify consequences of --default-names Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel --- Library/Formula/coreutils.rb | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Library/Formula') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3