From 2acd4e42934bb9faef409b086d40efb35dbbd4c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rylan Polster <rslpolster@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:59:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Improve messaging with missing `xattr`

---
 Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb
index 885108dd4b..eb4bdef747 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb
@@ -1009,6 +1009,8 @@ module Homebrew
       end
 
       def check_cask_xattr
+        return "Unable to find `xattr`." unless File.exist?("/usr/bin/xattr")
+
         result = system_command "/usr/bin/xattr", args: ["-h"]
 
         return if result.status.success?
@@ -1031,8 +1033,6 @@ module Homebrew
           end
         elsif result.stderr.include? "pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound"
           "Your Python installation is unable to find `xattr`."
-        elsif result.stderr.include? "No such file or directory"
-          "Unable to find `xattr`."
         else
           "unknown xattr error: #{result.stderr.split("\n").last}"
         end