From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-08-18T05:42:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Recursive install-stub for gems?


Gavin Sinclair said:
>   require 'rake'
>   require 'rake/packagetask'
>   require 'rake/rdoctask'
>   # etc.

Under normal circumstances, these requires go into a Rakefile, and since
rake is already running when the Rakefile is loaded, the require 'rake'
line isn't required ... even on a gems install.

If you are using the rake libraries outside of rake, then the answer is
different.

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