guard against missing ronn during release

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d4d08da058..114f0020e1 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -234,12 +234,15 @@ begin
     task :clean do
       rm_rf "lib/bundler/man"
     end
+
+    task(:require) { }
   end
 
 rescue LoadError
   namespace :man do
-    task(:build) { warn "Install the ronn gem to be able to release!" }
-    task(:clean) { warn "Install the ronn gem to be able to release!" }
+    task(:require) { abort "Install the ronn gem to be able to release!" }
+    task(:build) { warn "Install the ronn gem to build the help pages" }
+    task(:clean) { }
   end
 end
 
@@ -251,6 +254,6 @@ end
 
 require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
 task :build => ["man:clean", "man:build"]
-task :release => ["man:clean", "man:build"]
+task :release => ["man:require", "man:clean", "man:build"]
 
 task :default => :spec