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Fix conflicting symlink advice

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Closes Homebrew/homebrew#27899.
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Jack Nagel 2014-03-27 09:35:10 -05:00
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Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
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@ -298,23 +298,22 @@ class Pathname
# NOTE only system ln -s will create RELATIVE symlinks
quiet_system 'ln', '-s', src.relative_path_from(self.dirname), self.basename
if not $?.success?
if self.exist?
if symlink? && exist? || symlink?
raise <<-EOS.undent
Could not symlink file: #{src.expand_path}
Target #{self} already exists. You may need to delete it.
Target #{self} already exists as a symlink to #{readlink}.
If this file is from another formula, you may need to
`brew unlink` it. Otherwise, you may want to delete it.
To force the link and overwrite all other conflicting files, do:
brew link --overwrite formula_name
To list all files that would be deleted:
brew link --overwrite --dry-run formula_name
EOS
# #exist? will return false for symlinks whose target doesn't exist
elsif self.symlink?
elsif exist?
raise <<-EOS.undent
Could not symlink file: #{src.expand_path}
Target #{self} already exists as a symlink to #{readlink}.
If this file is from another formula, you may need to
`brew unlink` it. Otherwise, you may want to delete it.
Target #{self} already exists. You may need to delete it.
To force the link and overwrite all other conflicting files, do:
brew link --overwrite formula_name