From: murphy <murphy@...>
Date: 2007-12-22T10:54:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Rake 0.8.0 added to Ruby

Eric Hodel wrote:
>> * why is Rake included as a stdlib and not as a gem?
> 
> Because the core team asked for it.
> 
>> how do I update it without updating Ruby?
> 
> Same way you always have.
> 
>> * will the rake command be installed?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> does it share the program-suffix?
> 
> Yes, if you `gem install --format-executable`, it will maintain the
> program-suffix upon update.
> 
>> * what happens when I install rake via gem also?
> 
> It Just Works.  (If you want to use rake as a library, you will need to
> gem 'rake' first, like you do with soap4r now.)
thank you for all the answers. I'm feeling better now.

I assume gem-uninstalling rake will bring me back to the stdlib version
then, and gem-cleanup will never remove rake-stdlib (including the rake
command)?

[murphy]