This time I only opened the log viewer briefly at one point during the upgrade, and again after several hours because it seemed to have hung again. I can't imagine I'm the only one who's affected by this issue. I'll report back when/if I find out how to fix it.
In the meantime I've restarted the process one more time. The laptop still boots straight into the Yosemite installer so I don't think the hard reboots have adversely affected the machine.
edit: It occurs to me that the longest I've waited has been 12 hours (my first attempt). I've now seen reports of 15 hour installs, perhaps I didn't wait long enough? Even if the log buffer is full, that wouldn't necessarily mean that install has outright failed... hmm
See my reply above. A more accurate count on a keyboard with working keys is 243185.
I'm starting to wonder whether the /usr/local-related delay is naturally about an hour, but vastly increased - sometimes catastrophically - by having the log window open. Just a theory.
I've gotten messages from people who didn't even know how to open the log viewer until hours into the process, so it's just a highly variable delay depending on individual circumstances.
I've re-written the instructions a few times since I first posted it. Once it gets into conflicts and problems I can't cover everything, and I don't want to give a dozen commands for people to paste in and run for various scenarios and then screw people up more. I'll add a note to merge instead of replace, though, thanks!
I took it to mean that the author is either on or off with such things, and couldn't merely cut down. I'm the same way. One cup of coffee a day is an impossible dream for me, I'd have to totally quit instead.
If you are in an environment where there is decaf coffee I suggest mixing half caf/half decaf. You cannot really taste the decaf and get in half the caffeine, although it's not a real fix, it should help a little :)
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