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The Builder class processes RubyGem specification files to produce a .gem file.
Constructs a builder instance for the provided specification
The specification instance
# File rubygems/builder.rb, line 27 def initialize(spec) @spec = spec end
Builds the gem from the specification. Returns the name of the file written.
# File rubygems/builder.rb, line 35 def build(skip_validation=false) @spec.mark_version @spec.validate unless skip_validation @signer = sign write_package say success if Gem.configuration.verbose File.basename @spec.cache_file end