coreutils: clarify consequences of --default-names

Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
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Jack Nagel 2011-11-03 22:38:58 -05:00
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@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ The man pages are still referenced with the g-prefix.
<<-EOS
Installing coreutils using the default names will cause the utilities to
shadow system-provided BSD tools if /usr/local/bin is ahead of /usr/bin in
the path. This may cause problems in shell scripts.
the path.
This can cause problems in shell scripts.
Some software in Homebrew expects the system-provided tools to be first in
the path, and builds may fail if the coreutils verions are used instead.
EOS
end
end