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/usr/local was bad but /usr/local/Homebrew is worse. The best would have been /opt/brew (short, no uppercase letter)
by saynsedit 10y ago
/usr/local was bad but /usr/local/Homebrew is worse.
The best would have been /opt/brew (short, no uppercase letter)
- tnorthcutt 10y agoWhy is /usr/local/Homebrew bad?
- saynsedit 10y agoBecause the UNIX hierarchy is standardized. System admins only expect bin, lib, etc, share, etc. to be in /usr/local. Imagine deleting /usr/local with the intention of only deleting local packages and accidentally breaking a Homebrew install. Not to mention it's an uppercase H which breaks UNIX file name convention.