Commit aa651b77 authored by Sam Stephenson's avatar Sam Stephenson
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Clearer call to action (thanks @trevorturk)

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@@ -236,25 +236,26 @@ fix_directory_permissions() {

require_gcc() {
  local gcc="$(locate_gcc || true)"

  if [ -z "$gcc" ]; then
    local esc=$'\033'
    { echo
      echo "ERROR: This package must be compiled with GCC, but ruby-build couldn't"
      echo "${esc}[1mERROR${esc}[0m: This package must be compiled with GCC, but ruby-build couldn't"
      echo "find a suitable \`gcc\` executable on your system. Please install GCC"
      echo "and try again."
      echo

      if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
        local esc=$'\033'
        echo "Apple no longer includes the official GCC compiler with Xcode as of"
        echo "version 4.2. Instead, the \`gcc\` executable is a symlink to \`llvm-gcc\`,"
        echo "a modified version of GCC which outputs LLVM bytecode."
        echo "${esc}[1mDETAILS${esc}[0m: Apple no longer includes the official GCC compiler with Xcode"
        echo "as of version 4.2. Instead, the \`gcc\` executable is a symlink to"
        echo "\`llvm-gcc\`, a modified version of GCC which outputs LLVM bytecode."
        echo
        echo "For most programs the \`llvm-gcc\` compiler works fine. However,"
        echo "versions of Ruby older than 1.9.3-p125 are incompatible with"
        echo "\`llvm-gcc\`. To build older versions of Ruby you must have the official"
        echo "GCC compiler installed on your system."
        echo
        echo "You can install the official GCC compiler on OS X using these binary"
        echo "${esc}[1mTO FIX THE PROBLEM${esc}[0m: Install the official GCC compiler using these"
        echo "packages: ${esc}[4mhttps://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer/downloads${esc}[0m"
        echo
        echo "You will need to install the official GCC compiler to build older"