ddribin/fakegcc-5

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A script to fake out Homebrew thinking gcc-5 is installed.

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	#!/bin/sh

	if [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then
	echo 'gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12) 5.4.0 20160609'
	exit 0
	fi

	exit 1

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ddribin commented Jan 20, 2021

Copy this to /usr/bin/gcc and then Homebrew thinks gcc is installed and won't ask to install it. This is useful when installing only bottles or formula that do not need compilation. Without this, installing a formula shows this error:

Error: An exception occurred within a child process:
  CompilerSelectionError: <formula> cannot be built with any available compilers.
Install Clang or run `brew install gcc`.

Installing a compiler on a Linux server is not always desirable.

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