Class Rake::GemPackageTask
In: lib/rake/gempackagetask.rb
Parent: PackageTask

Create a package based upon a Gem spec. 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 PackageTask, a GemPackageTask will also generate the following tasks:

"package_dir/name-version.gem"
Create a Ruby GEM package with the given name and version.

Example using a Ruby GEM spec:

  require 'rubygems'

  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

  Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg|
    pkg.need_zip = true
    pkg.need_tar = true
  end

Methods

define   gem_file   init   new  

Attributes

gem_spec  [RW]  Ruby GEM spec containing the metadata for this package. The name, version and package_files are automatically determined from the GEM spec and don‘t need to be explicitly provided.

Public Class methods

Create a GEM Package task library. Automatically define the gem if a block is given. If no block is supplied, then define needs to be called to define the task.

Public Instance methods

Create the Rake tasks and actions specified by this GemPackageTask. (define is automatically called if a block is given to new).

Initialization tasks without the "yield self" or define operations.

[Validate]