add a custom error message for #2783

lib/npm/node-install.ts

@@ -13,20 +13,41 @@ let isToPathJS = true;
 
 function validateBinaryVersion(...command: string[]): void {
   command.push('--version');
-  const stdout = child_process.execFileSync(command.shift()!, command, {
-    // Without this, this install script strangely crashes with the error
-    // "EACCES: permission denied, write" but only on Ubuntu Linux when node is
-    // installed from the Snap Store. This is not a problem when you download
-    // the official version of node. The problem appears to be that stderr
-    // (i.e. file descriptor 2) isn't writable?
-    //
-    // More info:
-    // - https://snapcraft.io/ (what the Snap Store is)
-    // - https://nodejs.org/dist/ (download the official version of node)
-    // - https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1711#issuecomment-1027554035
-    //
-    stdio: 'pipe',
-  }).toString().trim();
+  let stdout: string;
+  try {
+    stdout = child_process.execFileSync(command.shift()!, command, {
+      // Without this, this install script strangely crashes with the error
+      // "EACCES: permission denied, write" but only on Ubuntu Linux when node is
+      // installed from the Snap Store. This is not a problem when you download
+      // the official version of node. The problem appears to be that stderr
+      // (i.e. file descriptor 2) isn't writable?
+      //
+      // More info:
+      // - https://snapcraft.io/ (what the Snap Store is)
+      // - https://nodejs.org/dist/ (download the official version of node)
+      // - https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1711#issuecomment-1027554035
+      //
+      stdio: 'pipe',
+    }).toString().trim();
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (os.platform() === 'darwin' && /_SecTrustEvaluateWithError/.test(err + '')) {
+      let os = 'this version of macOS';
+      try {
+        os = 'macOS ' + child_process.execFileSync('sw_vers', ['-productVersion']).toString().trim();
+      } catch {
+      }
+      throw new Error(`The "esbuild" package cannot be installed because ${os} is too outdated.
+
+The Go compiler (which esbuild relies on) no longer supports ${os},
+which means the "esbuild" binary executable can't be run. You can either:
+
+  * Update your version of macOS to one that the Go compiler supports
+  * Use the "esbuild-wasm" package instead of the "esbuild" package
+  * Build esbuild yourself using an older version of the Go compiler
+`);
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
   if (stdout !== ESBUILD_VERSION) {
     throw new Error(`Expected ${JSON.stringify(ESBUILD_VERSION)} but got ${JSON.stringify(stdout)}`);
   }