From 799e8e6952fd21f65f6505c34dacd93164d01918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Aronoff Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 10:54:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ctags: Remove conflict with emacs and add caveat Closes #16841. Signed-off-by: Misty De Meo --- Library/Formula/ctags.rb | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Library/Formula/ctags.rb b/Library/Formula/ctags.rb index 89ce77862e34..431254678d15 100644 --- a/Library/Formula/ctags.rb +++ b/Library/Formula/ctags.rb @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ class Ctags < Formula head 'https://ctags.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ctags/trunk' - conflicts_with 'emacs', - :because => 'Both ctags and emacs install a `ctags` executable.' - depends_on :autoconf => :build if build.head? def patches @@ -28,4 +25,18 @@ def install "--with-readlib" system "make install" end + + def caveats + <<-EOS.undent + Under some circumstances, emacs and ctags can conflict. By default, + emacs provides an executable `ctags` that would conflict with the + executable of the same name that ctags provides. To prevent this, + Homebrew removes the emacs `ctags` and its manpage before linking. + + However, if you install emacs with the `--keep-ctags` option, then + the `ctags` emacs provides will not be removed. In that case, you + won't be able to install ctags successfully. It will build but not + link. + EOS + end end