Check that ffi-compiler loads before using it to define tasks. (#14538)

Fixes #14509

Closes #14538

COPYBARA_INTEGRATE_REVIEW=https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/14538 from JasonLunn:fix_14509 a3f9d0bd4f
PiperOrigin-RevId: 577837541

ruby/lib/google/tasks/ffi.rake

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "ffi-compiler/compile_task"
-
 # # @param task [FFI::Compiler::CompileTask] task to configure
 def configure_common_compile_task(task)
   if FileUtils.pwd.include? 'ext'
@@ -49,8 +47,11 @@ def with_generated_files
   end
 end
 
-desc "Compile Protobuf library for FFI"
+begin
-namespace "ffi-protobuf" do
+  require "ffi-compiler/compile_task"
+
+  desc "Compile Protobuf library for FFI"
+  namespace "ffi-protobuf" do
     with_generated_files do
       # Compile Ruby UPB separately in order to limit use of -DUPB_BUILD_API to one
       # compilation unit.
@@ -90,5 +91,12 @@ namespace "ffi-protobuf" do
         protobuf_c_shared_lib_task.prereqs.prepend dependency
       end
     end
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  desc "Compile Protobuf library for FFI"
+  namespace "ffi-protobuf" do
+    task :default do
+      warn "Skipping build of FFI; `gem install ffi-compiler` to enable."
+    end
+  end
 end
-