From 8908dc51d610f2ce3b2c086b25e04cb9322a66d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike McQuaid Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 10:19:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] keg: tell people what command will remove keg. This will work regardless of permissions. --- Library/Homebrew/keg.rb | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb index 5c509d4600..48d6feff09 100644 --- a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb +++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb @@ -311,7 +311,10 @@ class Keg remove_old_aliases remove_oldname_opt_record rescue Errno::ENOTEMPTY - ofail "Could not remove #{path}! Check its permissions." + odie <<~EOS + Could not remove #{name} keg! Do so manually: + sudo rm -rf #{path} + EOS end def unlink(mode = OpenStruct.new)