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FHS ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard )
Can't see how that applies. Does FHS really say anything about the structure underneath /usr/local ? Besides which, the Mac's filesystem isn't FHS in the first place...
If you want to be strict about it, yes: http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s09.html
To be fair, homebrew shouldn't need to change perms, it should follow common unix standards or at least fit in with OSX rather than require a hack. For years I've felt homebrew should really use either /opt/ or ~/.homebrew/ by default.
To be fair, homebrew shouldn't need to change perms, it should follow common unix standards or at least fit in with OSX rather than require a hack. For years I've felt homebrew should really use either /opt/ or ~/.homebrew/ by default.
I can't think of anything more standard than /usr/local/.
To be fair, homebrew shouldn't need to change perms, it should follow common unix standards or at least fit in with OSX rather than require a hack. For years I've felt homebrew should really use either /opt/ or ~/.homebrew/ by default.
I can't think of anything more standard than /usr/local/.
To be fair, homebrew shouldn't need to change perms, it should follow common unix standards or at least fit in with OSX rather than require a hack. For years I've felt homebrew should really use either /opt/ or ~/.homebrew/ by default.
What makes you think /usr/local isn't a 'common unix standard'?
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I think the bigger headache will be the next time you buy a new Macbook with El Capitan or later installed on it, because you'll need to do a song and dance to create the /usr/local directory in the first place.
I bought a new Air in mid September. I was a little annoyed that documentation seemed out of date, but it took all of five minutes to fix this. No song and dance needed, just a sudo mkdir.
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What makes you think /usr/local isn't a 'common unix standard'?
Never used Homebrew, but taking ownership of /user/local as I understand it does by default, certainly isn't a 'common unix standard'.
Here I google.com it for you.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEUSRHIERARCHY
EDIT: Why is it okay to NOT look up a Standard and be uncertain in your comments when it can be found in 20 seconds tops on the Internet?
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I can't think of anything more standard than /usr/local/.
Making/assuming /usr/local is 0777 is definitely not though.
When I first read this I was a little pissed at Apple, but what if brew were to install everything to /brew? It doesn't need to install into /usr/local.
Even if it worked, you'd be no better off than just using ~/.homebrew or something like it. Their whole reason for wanting /usr/local is that (a) /usr/local/bin is in the default $PATH, and (b) it can be written to by a normal user. Using /brew gives up (a) anyway, so you may as well just put it in a user's home directory somewhere.