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Warn that chown -R /usr/local may break mysql

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Bradley Grzesiak and Nick Karpenske 2009-10-22 10:03:43 -05:00 committed by Max Howell
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@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ Let this be the last sudo you do for quite some time:
sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local
_NOTE_: Performing the above command *may* break some programs that are already
installed in /usr/local. One specific example is mysql. Fixing mysql may be
as simple as:
sudo chown -R mysql:mysql `brew --prefix`/mysql
But! I already have a bunch of junk in /usr/local But! I already have a bunch of junk in /usr/local
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Homebrew can co-exist with any software already installed in its prefix. Homebrew can co-exist with any software already installed in its prefix.