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Couldn't all this be avoided if Homebrew installed itself in a sub-directory of /usr/local (e.g. /usr/local/homebrew) instead of /usr/local itself? Edit: For t

Couldn't all this be avoided if Homebrew installed itself in a sub-directory of /usr/local (e.g. /usr/local/homebrew) instead of /usr/local itself? Edit: For the avoidance of any doubt/confusion, this is what a virgin /usr/local/ looks like after Homebrew has been installed: $ ls -la /usr/local total 96 drwxrwxr-x 13 root admin 442 31 Aug 21:52 . drwxr-xr-x@ 12 root wheel 408 31 Aug 21:52 .. drwxr-xr-x 14 jgavigan admin 476 31 Aug 21:52 .git -rw-r--r-- 1 jgavigan admin 448 31 Aug 21:52 .gitignore -rw-r--r-- 1 jgavigan admin 291 31 Aug 21:52 .yardopts -rw-r--r-- 1 jgavigan admin 3161 31 Aug 21:52 CODEOFCONDUCT.md -rw-r--r-- 1 jgavigan admin 1103 31 Aug 21:52 CONTRIBUTING.md -rw-r--r-- 1 jgavigan admin 1241 31 Aug 21:52 LICENSE.txt drwxr-xr-x 9 jgavigan admin 306 31 Aug 21:52 Library -rw-r--r-- 1 jgavigan admin 2319 31 Aug 21:52 README.md -rw-r--r-- 1 jgavigan admin 23801 31 Aug 21:52 SUPPORTERS.md drwxr-xr-x 3 jgavigan admin 102 31 Aug 21:52 bin drwxr-xr-x 4 jgavigan admin 136 31 Aug 21:52 share

runholm 11y ago
That would break the unix convention they are trying to follow, so then they might as well put it anywhere else as well.
- jackgavigan 11y ago
  What unix convention are you referring to?
  - marcosscriven 11y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
    - jackgavigan 11y ago
      Okay, so can you explain to me how putting .git/, README.md and Cellar/ in /usr/local/ doesn't break that convention but putting them in /usr/local/homebrew/ does?
  - dagw 11y ago
    FHS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard)
    - joosters 11y ago
      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...
      - dagw 11y ago
        Does FHS really say anything about the structure underneath /usr/local If you want to be strict about it, yes: http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s09.html http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s09.html
mitchty 11y ago
Yep, this is why I install brew into a subdirectory that I keep rsynced across computers. $ which brew /usr/local/brew/10.10/bin/brew I'm thinking maybe its time to finish off ditching homebrew for nix.

runholm 11y ago

That would break the unix convention they are trying to follow, so then they might as well put it anywhere else as well.

jackgavigan 11y ago
What unix convention are you referring to?
- marcosscriven 11y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
  - jackgavigan 11y ago
    Okay, so can you explain to me how putting .git/, README.md and Cellar/ in /usr/local/ doesn't break that convention but putting them in /usr/local/homebrew/ does?
- dagw 11y ago
  FHS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard)
  - joosters 11y ago
    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...
    - dagw 11y ago
      Does FHS really say anything about the structure underneath /usr/local If you want to be strict about it, yes: http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s09.html http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s09.html

mitchty 11y ago

Yep, this is why I install brew into a subdirectory that I keep rsynced across computers. $ which brew /usr/local/brew/10.10/bin/brew I'm thinking maybe its time to finish off ditching homebrew for nix.