Class: Gem::PackageTask
| Relationships & Source Files | |
| Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance | |
| Class Chain: 
          self,
          Rake::PackageTask
         | |
| Instance Chain: 
          self,
          Rake::PackageTask
         | |
| Inherits: | Rake::PackageTask 
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| Defined in: | lib/rubygems/package_task.rb | 
Overview
Create a package based upon a 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 PackageTask will also generate the following tasks:
- “package_dir/name-version.gem”
- 
Create a RubyGems package with the given name and version. 
Example using a Specification:
require 'rubygems'
require 'rubygems/package_task'
spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  s.summary = "Ruby based make-like utility."
  s.name = 'rake'
  s.version = PKG_VERSION
  s.requirements << 'none'
  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
endClass Method Summary
- 
    
      .new(gem_spec) {|_self| ... } ⇒ PackageTask 
    
    constructor
    Create a ::GemPackage task library.
Instance Attribute Summary
- 
    
      #gem_spec  
    
    rw
    Ruby Specificationcontaining the metadata for this package.
Instance Method Summary
- 
    
      #define  
    
    Create the Rake tasks and actions specified by this PackageTask.
- 
    
      #init(gem)  
    
    Initialization tasks without the “yield self” or define operations. 
Constructor Details
    .new(gem_spec) {|_self| ... } ⇒ PackageTask 
  
Instance Attribute Details
#gem_spec (rw)
Ruby 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.
# File 'lib/rubygems/package_task.rb', line 66
attr_accessor :gem_spec
Instance Method Details
#define
Create the Rake tasks and actions specified by this PackageTask. (define is automatically called if a block is given to .new).
# File 'lib/rubygems/package_task.rb', line 93
def define super 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 task package: [:gem] directory package_dir directory gem_dir desc "Build the gem file #{gem_file}" task gem: [gem_path] trace = Rake.application..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::Package.build gem_spec verbose trace do mv gem_file, ".." end end end end end
#init(gem)
Initialization tasks without the “yield self” or define operations.