Rakefile in sysexits-1.0.0 vs Rakefile in sysexits-1.0.1

@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 	basedir = Pathname.new( __FILE__ ).dirname
 
 	libdir = basedir + "lib"
 	extdir = libdir + Config::CONFIG['sitearch']
 
+	$LOAD_PATH.unshift( basedir.to_s ) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?( basedir.to_s )
 	$LOAD_PATH.unshift( libdir.to_s ) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?( libdir.to_s )
 	$LOAD_PATH.unshift( extdir.to_s ) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?( extdir.to_s )
 }
 
 begin
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@
 
 MANUALDIR     = DOCSDIR + 'manual'
 
 PROJECT_NAME  = 'sysexits'
 PKG_NAME      = PROJECT_NAME.downcase
-PKG_SUMMARY   = 'A Ruby front end to sysexits.h'
+PKG_SUMMARY   = 'Exit status codes for system programs.'
 
 # Cruisecontrol stuff
 CC_BUILD_LABEL     = ENV['CC_BUILD_LABEL']
 CC_BUILD_ARTIFACTS = ENV['CC_BUILD_ARTIFACTS'] || 'artifacts'
 
@@ -74,11 +75,11 @@
 	PKG_VERSION = VERSION_FILE.read[ /VERSION\s*=\s*['"](\d+\.\d+\.\d+)['"]/, 1 ] + '.' + buildrev
 elsif VERSION_FILE.exist?
 	PKG_VERSION = VERSION_FILE.read[ /VERSION\s*=\s*['"](\d+\.\d+\.\d+)['"]/, 1 ]
 end
 
-PKG_VERSION = '0.0.0' unless defined?( PKG_VERSION )
+PKG_VERSION = '0.0.0' unless defined?( PKG_VERSION ) && !PKG_VERSION.nil?
 
 PKG_FILE_NAME = "#{PKG_NAME.downcase}-#{PKG_VERSION}"
 GEM_FILE_NAME = "#{PKG_FILE_NAME}.gem"
 
 # Universal VCS constants
@@ -166,11 +167,11 @@
 require RAKE_TASKDIR + 'helpers.rb'
 include RakefileHelpers
 
 # Set the build ID if the mercurial executable is available
 if hg = which( 'hg' )
-	id = IO.read('|-') or exec hg.to_s, 'id', '-n'
+	id = `#{hg} id -n`.chomp
 	PKG_BUILD = "pre%03d" % [(id.chomp[ /^[[:xdigit:]]+/ ] || '1')]
 else
 	PKG_BUILD = 'pre000'
 end
 SNAPSHOT_PKG_NAME = "#{PKG_FILE_NAME}.#{PKG_BUILD}"
@@ -206,10 +207,12 @@
 PROJECT_PUBDIR = '/usr/local/www/public/code/'
 PROJECT_DOCDIR = "#{PROJECT_PUBDIR}/#{PKG_NAME}"
 PROJECT_SCPPUBURL = "#{PROJECT_HOST}:#{PROJECT_PUBDIR}"
 PROJECT_SCPDOCURL = "#{PROJECT_HOST}:#{PROJECT_DOCDIR}"
 
+GEM_PUBHOST = 'rubygems.org'
+
 # Gem dependencies: gemname => version
 DEPENDENCIES = {
 }
 
 # Developer Gem dependencies: gemname => version
@@ -222,11 +225,10 @@
 	'rspec'        => '>= 1.2.6',
 	'ruby-termios' => '>= 0.9.6',
 	'text-format'  => '>= 1.0.0',
 	'tmail'        => '>= 1.2.3.1',
 	'diff-lcs'     => '>= 1.1.2',
-	'rake-compiler' => '>=0',
 }
 
 # Non-gem requirements: packagename => version
 REQUIREMENTS = {
 }
@@ -236,17 +238,18 @@
 	gem.name              = PKG_NAME.downcase
 	gem.version           = PKG_VERSION
 
 	gem.summary           = PKG_SUMMARY
 	gem.description       = [
-		"Have you ever wanted to call exit() with an error condition, but weren't sure what",
-		"number to use? No? Maybe it's just me, then.",
+		"Have you ever wanted to call exit() with an error condition, but",
+		"weren't sure what exit status to use?  No? Maybe it's just me, then.",
 		"",
-		"Anyway, I was reading W. Richard Stephens's book _Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment_, and",
-		"I wanted to make my program exit with a reasonable exit code just like his C examples, but much",
-		"to my chagrin, I couldn't find a 'sysexits' for Ruby! Well, for the other 2 people that actually",
-		"care about this kind of thing, now there is!",
+		"Anyway, I was reading manpages late one evening before retiring to ",
+		"bed in my palatial estate in rural Oregon, and I stumbled across ",
+		"sysexits(3). Much to my chagrin, I couldn't find a 'sysexits' for",
+		"Ruby! Well, for the other 2 people that actually care about style(9) ",
+		"as it applies to Ruby code, now there is one!",
   	  ].join( "\n" )
 	gem.post_install_message = [
 		"Happy exiting!",
 	  ].join( "\n" )
 
@@ -267,9 +270,13 @@
 		gem.extensions << EXTCONF.relative_path_from( BASEDIR ).to_s
 	end
 
 	gem.files             = RELEASE_FILES
 	gem.test_files        = SPEC_FILES
+
+	# signing key and certificate chain
+	gem.signing_key       = '/Volumes/Keys/ged-private_gem_key.pem'
+	gem.cert_chain        = [File.expand_path('~/.gem/ged-public_gem_cert.pem')]
 
 	DEPENDENCIES.each do |name, version|
 		version = '>= 0' if version.length.zero?
 		gem.add_runtime_dependency( name, version )
 	end