# Rant 0.5.4

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 18, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971 "2005-12-18T23:53:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefanl38)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971/1 "2005-12-18T23:53:45Z")

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Rant is a flexible build tool written entirely in Ruby,  
similar to Rake.

== What’s new in this release?

This is mainly a bugfix release.

- Fix a rule bug where a custom rule task wouldn’t find it’s  
prerequisites in subdirectories.

- A non-backwards compatible change in the YAML library of Ruby 1.8.3  
and newer causes gems to be non-backwards compatible. The fix for  
backwards compatibility of gems created with RubyPackage is enabled  
for all newer Ruby versions now. (See changes of last Rant release.)

- The new method sys.write\_to\_binfile. (Kevin Burge’s idea.)

For more details read [http://make.rubyforge.org/files/NEWS.html](http://make.rubyforge.org/files/NEWS.html)

== Installing Rant

You can install Rant as a RubyGem:

```
% gem install --remote rant

```

or download the package from  
RubyForge([http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=615](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=615))  
and install with install.rb:

```
% ruby install.rb

```

== Resources

Homepage:: [http://make.ruby-co.de](http://make.ruby-co.de)  
Rubyforge page:: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/make/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/make/)  
Mailing list:: [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/make-cafe](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/make-cafe)  
Repository:: [http://developer.berlios.de/svn/?group\_id=5046](http://developer.berlios.de/svn/?group_id=5046)  
Rake/Rant comparison::  
[http://make.rubyforge.org/files/doc/rant\_vs\_rake\_rdoc.html](http://make.rubyforge.org/files/doc/rant_vs_rake_rdoc.html)

Naming suggestions, feature requests for further Rant development,  
etc. are welcome!

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**Author:** ![stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefanl38)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971/2 "2005-12-19T20:23:59Z")

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Stefan L. wrote:

> Rant is a flexible build tool written entirely in Ruby,  
> similar to Rake.

Just a thanks, good stuff!

E

P.S. It should be called ‘numbat’, ‘aardvark’  
or, as a last resort, ‘myrme’ 🙂

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**Author:** ![stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefanl38)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971/3 "2005-12-19T20:39:51Z")

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Eero S. schrieb:

> P.S. It should be called ‘numbat’, ‘aardvark’  
> or, as a last resort, ‘myrme’ 🙂

I rather like “echidna”.

> **[Echidna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna)**
>
> Genus Tachyglossus 
>    T. aculeatus
> Genus Zaglossus 
>    Z. attenboroughi
>    Z. bruijnii
>    Z. bartoni
>    †Z. robustus
> Genus †Megalibgwilia
>    †M. ramsayi
>    †M. robusta
> Genus †Murrayglossus
>    †M. hacketti
> Echidnas (/ɪˈkɪdnəz/), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae /tækiˈɡlɒsɪdiː/. The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the only surviving membe...

Paulus

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**Author:** ![stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefanl38)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971/4 "2005-12-19T21:40:55Z")

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Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> Paulus E. wrote:
> 
> > 
> 
> Or how about “puggle” (a baby echidna–see the wikipedia article).

Hee, seconded 🙂

E

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**Author:** ![stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefanl38)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971/5 "2005-12-19T20:58:20Z")

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Paulus E. wrote:

> 

Or how about “puggle” (a baby echidna–see the wikipedia article).

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**Author:** ![stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefanl38)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971/6 "2005-12-19T22:51:46Z")

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Paulus E. wrote:

> Eero S. schrieb:
> 
> > P.S. It should be called ‘numbat’, ‘aardvark’  
> > or, as a last resort, ‘myrme’ 🙂
> 
> I rather like “echidna”.  
> [Echidna - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna)

This is just typical of latin speakers: They use something just because  
it sounds great not bothering to figure out what it means in the  
language it comes from.  
Echidna means viper in greek and in the greek mythology, Echidna is the  
mother of among others Cerberus, Chimera and the Sphinx(and yes, all the  
others were monsters too).  
Not very nice connotations with that name guys. Nope, it’s not a spiny  
aardvark.  
V.-  
[http://www.braveworld.net/riva](http://www.braveworld.net/riva)

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**Author:** ![stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stefanl38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stefanl38)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-4/71971/7 "2005-12-19T23:41:56Z")

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Damphyr wrote:

> Paulus E. wrote:
> 
> > Eero S. schrieb:
> > 
> > > P.S. It should be called ‘numbat’, ‘aardvark’  
> > > or, as a last resort, ‘myrme’ 🙂
> > 
> > I rather like “echidna”.  
> > [Echidna - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna)
> 
> This is just typical of latin speakers: They use something just because  
> it sounds great not bothering to figure out what it means in the  
> language it comes from.  
> Echidna means viper in greek and in the greek mythology, Echidna is the  
> mother of among others Cerberus, Chimera and the Sphinx(and yes, all the  
> others were monsters too).  
> Not very nice connotations with that name guys. Nope, it’s not a spiny  
> aardvark.

I am quite certain that they knew what it meant. Have  
you ever met an echidna? 🙂

> V.-  
> [http://www.braveworld.net/riva](http://www.braveworld.net/riva)

E