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Notice this in the new rake 0.9.0:

* Incompatible change: Rake DSL commands ('task', 'file', etc.) are no longer private methods in Object. If you need to call 'task :xzy' inside your class, include Rake::DSL into the class. The DSL is still available at the top level scope (via the top level object which extends Rake::DSL).

http://github.com/jimweirich/rake/blob/master/CHANGES

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I ran into this bug today in a fresh install of the latest Rails/Rake. If your rake tasks are currently exploding due to Rake 0.9.0, making your Rakefile look like this will fix it:

https://gist.github.com/4b4e24877b107b00bcba

On second thought, don't do this. Add rake 0.8.7 to your gemfile and bundle update. Rake 0.9.0 is insanely broken.

The fix has been included in Release candidate:

https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/8b719cf3f73cbce78506e3...

Right; my comment was for people who may encounter the incompatibility in their own Rakefiles.

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