mxcl/homebrew — Issue #10738: Discrepancy between wiki & brew doctor
Author: Hnasar
Created: 2012-03-07 06:56:34+00:00
State: open

In https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/FAQ it says:
"Note that you should put /usr/local/bin after /usr/bin because some programs will expect to get the system version of eg. ruby, and break if they get the newer Homebrew version."

However, doing so elicits this output from brew doctor:
"Warning: /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin
This means that system-provided programs will be used instead of those
provided by Homebrew. The following tools exist at both paths:
...
Consider ammending your PATH so that /usr/local/bin
is ahead of /usr/bin in your PATH."

Conflicting reasoning and suggestions, which should be followed?