Comments on: Creating Zip and Tar packages with Rake on Windows http://labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/ Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cnruby http://labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-137814 cnruby Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:28:56 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/#comment-137814 Tar for Windows http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tar.htm Tar for Windows
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tar.htm

]]> By: todd http://labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-137805 todd Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:57:24 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/#comment-137805 Just had the same problem on rake-0.7.2 Patch \lib\rake\packagetask.rb: line 126 flag = "" if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/ Such that: chdir(package_dir) do flag = "" if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/ sh %{#{@tar_command} #{flag}cvf #{file} #{package_name}} end Just had the same problem on rake-0.7.2

Patch \lib\rake\packagetask.rb: line 126

flag = “” if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/

Such that:
chdir(package_dir) do
flag = “” if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/
sh %{#{@tar_command} #{flag}cvf #{file} #{package_name}}
end

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