Create a package based upon a Gem::Specification. Gem packages, as well as zip files and tar/gzipped packages can be produced by this task.
In addition to the Rake targets generated by Rake::PackageTask, a Gem::PackageTask will also generate the following tasks:
Create a RubyGems package with the given name and version.
Example using a Gem::Specification:
require 'rubygems' require 'rubygems/package_task' spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY s.summary = "Ruby based make-like utility." s.name = 'rake' s.version = PKG_VERSION s.requirements << 'none' s.require_path = 'lib' s.autorequire = 'rake' s.files = PKG_FILES s.description = <<-EOF Rake is a Make-like program implemented in Ruby. Tasks and dependencies are specified in standard Ruby syntax. EOF end Gem::PackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg| pkg.need_zip = true pkg.need_tar = true end
Ruby Gem::Specification containing the metadata for this package. The name, version and package_files are automatically determined from the gemspec and don't need to be explicitly provided.
Create the Rake tasks and actions specified by this Gem::PackageTask. (define is automatically called if a block is given to new).
# File lib/rubygems/package_task.rb, line 98 def define super task :package => [:gem] gem_file = File.basename gem_spec.cache_file gem_path = File.join package_dir, gem_file gem_dir = File.join package_dir, gem_spec.full_name desc "Build the gem file #{gem_file}" task :gem => [gem_path] trace = Rake.application.options.trace Gem.configuration.verbose = trace file gem_path => [package_dir, gem_dir] + @gem_spec.files do chdir(gem_dir) do when_writing "Creating #{gem_spec.file_name}" do Gem::Builder.new(gem_spec).build verbose trace do mv gem_file, '..' end end end end end
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