Git formula doesn't make ~/Library/Caches/Homebrew

[topfunky]

Steps to reproduce:

• Clone the homebrew project to a new directory in ~/src
• brew install git
• Error: Can't write to ~/Library/Caches/Homebrew because it doesn't exist

Fix: Create the ~/Library/Caches/Homebrew directory and re-run the "brew install git" command and things work fine.

[adamv]

Looks like hw_model() is compiling to (a possibly non-existent) HOMEBREW_CACHE before Formula.brew creates the location for storing downloads.

[mxcl]

Aah whoops. Fix on the way, thanks topfunky and adamv.

[mxcl]

I need to add a test for "fresh checkout" to the testing suite.

[mxcl]

FIX brew install before Cache has yet been created

Closed by 4f57f85

Cache directory is created when downloading tarballs, but the new
hw.model stuff compiles the hw.model.c file there.

[schlamar]

Same error when doing a brew pull before installing any formula.

[Sharpie]

@ms4py

You may want to open a new issue. Comments on old closed issues tend to get lost in the mists of time unless someone happens to glance at the notification stream before the post message gets buried.

[schlamar]

see #8071