From 2cc2da2e2c3e6d18ba46d4a3c2534cf1c0090fe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Tim D. Smith" <git@tim-smith.us>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:16:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] doctor: check that Python site-packages directory is writable

---
 Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
index 8cb729dd103a..35259532f660 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
@@ -434,6 +434,19 @@ def check_access_usr_local
   end
 end
 
+def check_access_site_packages
+  if Language::Python.homebrew_site_packages.exist? && !Language::Python.homebrew_site_packages.writable_real?
+    <<-EOS.undent
+      #{Language::Python.homebrew_site_packages} isn't writable.
+      This can happen if you "sudo pip install" software that isn't managed
+      by Homebrew. If you install a formula with Python modules, the install
+      will fail during the link step.
+
+      You should probably `chown` #{Language::Python.homebrew_site_packages}
+    EOS
+  end
+end
+
 def check_access_logs
   if HOMEBREW_LOGS.exist? and not HOMEBREW_LOGS.writable_real?
     <<-EOS.undent