# Rant 0.5.6

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 26, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-6/95289 "2006-05-26T19:40:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rant-0-5-6/95289/1 "2006-05-26T19:40:10Z")

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Rant is a flexible build tool written in pure Ruby.

== What’s new in this release?

This is mainly a bugfix release.

- Package::Zip, Package::Tgz: Fix bug where a file  
that starts with the package name wouldn’t be included in the  
package. (Reported and fixed by Kevin Burge.)

- Fixed: The C source file scanner used by the  
C::Dependencies task was confused by C-style single-line  
comments.

- RubyTest no longer uses testrb as test runner per default. Thus  
it works on systems without testrb now (e.g. Debian based  
systems). The old behaviour can be enabled by setting the loader  
attribute to :testrb. A patch was provided by Max Nickel.

- The C::Dependencies task accepts the new option  
:correct\_case, which is useful on case-insenstive  
file systems. (Patch provided by Peter Allin.)

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!