From 9cadc95b28da1cf6ca8f802292d12cc96a4f2c2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drbrain Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:35:01 +0000 Subject: * NEWS (with all sufficient information): * lib/rake: Update to rake 10.1.0 * bin/rake: ditto. * test/rake: ditto. * NEWS: Update NEWS to include rake 10.1.0 and links to release notes. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@43264 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- lib/rake/doc/glossary.rdoc | 51 ---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 51 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 lib/rake/doc/glossary.rdoc (limited to 'lib/rake/doc/glossary.rdoc') diff --git a/lib/rake/doc/glossary.rdoc b/lib/rake/doc/glossary.rdoc deleted file mode 100644 index a811764091..0000000000 --- a/lib/rake/doc/glossary.rdoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -= Glossary - -[action] - Code to be executed in order to perform a task. Actions in a - rakefile are specified in a code block (usually delimited by - +do+/+end+ pairs. - -[execute] - When a task is executed, all of its actions are performed, in - the order they were defined. Note that unlike - invoke, execute always executes the actions - (without invoking or executing the prerequisites). - -[file task (FileTask)] - A file task is a task whose purpose is to create a file - (which has the same name as the task). When invoked, a file - task will only execute if one or more of the following - conditions are true. - - 1. The associated file does not exist. - 2. A prerequisite has a later time stamp than the existing file. - - Because normal Tasks always have the current time as - timestamp, a FileTask that has a normal Task prerequisite - will always execute. - -[invoke] - When a task is invoked, first we check to see if it has been - invoked before. if it has been, then nothing else is done. - If this is the first time its been invoked, then we invoke - each of its prerequisites. Finally, we check to see if we - need to execute the actions of this task by calling - needed?. Finally, if the task is needed, we execute - its actions. - - NOTE: Currently prerequisites are invoked even if the task is - not needed. This may change in the future. - -[prerequisites] - Every task has a set (possibly empty) of prerequisites. A - prerequisite P to Task T is itself a task that must be invoked - before Task T. - -[rule] - A rule is a recipe for synthesizing a task when no task is - explicitly defined. Rules generally synthesize file tasks. - -[task (Task)] - Basic unit of work in a rakefile. A task has a name, a set of - prerequisites and a list of actions to be performed. - -- cgit v1.2.3