From 2691cf1b8b7e69b180c7496da07b16bd688c8cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike McQuaid Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:29:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] diagnostic: tweak /usr/local messaging. Highlight that the main reason for preferring /usr/local is because of bottles. There's been some confusion around this e.g. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/3968 --- Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb index a0c6dcd210..7022987f2d 100644 --- a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb +++ b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb @@ -443,8 +443,9 @@ module Homebrew <<-EOS.undent Your Homebrew is not installed to /usr/local - You can install Homebrew anywhere you want, but some brews may only build - correctly if you install in /usr/local. Sorry! + You can install Homebrew anywhere you want but some bottles (binary + packages) can only be used in /usr/local and some formulae (packages) + may not build correctly unless you install in /usr/local. Sorry! EOS end