Added --use-gcc flag.

This allows you to use llvm as your default compiler and keep the cc symlink
pointed at llvm, while allowing you to build forumla that requires the gcc.

Signed-off-by: Adam Vandenberg <flangy@gmail.com>

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--env.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--env.rb
index 07623171d..2f6e421a0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--env.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--env.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
 
   def dump_build_env env
     puts %["--use-llvm" was specified] if ARGV.include? '--use-llvm'
+    puts "\"--use-gcc\" was specified" if ARGV.include? '--use-gcc'
 
     %w[ CC CXX LD ].each do |k|
       value = env[k]
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
     end
 
     %w[ CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET MAKEFLAGS PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-        HOMEBREW_DEBUG HOMEBREW_VERBOSE HOMEBREW_USE_LLVM HOMEBREW_SVN ].each do |k|
+        HOMEBREW_DEBUG HOMEBREW_VERBOSE HOMEBREW_USE_GCC HOMEBREW_USE_LLVM HOMEBREW_SVN ].each do |k|
       value = env[k]
       puts "#{k}: #{value}" if value
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
index 7ea616d76..9cbc9b832 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ def check_cc_symlink
         To force Homebrew to use LLVM, you can set the "HOMEBREW_LLVM" environmental
         variable, or pass "--use-llvm" to "brew install".
 
+        To force Homebrew to use gcc, you can set the "HOMEBREW_GCC" environmental
+        variable, or pass "--use-gcc" to "brew install".
+
       EOS
     end
 end