Give a better message when checking of homebrew prefix fails.

oscardelben · Mar 7, 2012 · 6c86b84 · 6c86b84
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diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ end
 
 case HOMEBREW_PREFIX.to_s when '/', '/usr'
   # it may work, but I only see pain this route and don't want to support it
-  abort "Cowardly refusing to continue at this prefix: #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}"
+  abort "Cowardly refusing to continue at this prefix: #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}" + 
+        "Please refer to the documentation for supported path prefixes."
 end
 if MACOS_VERSION < 10.5
   abort <<-EOABORT.undent