Rails - Oct 2009 - Why does RakeFileUtils get mixed into ActiveRecord::Base?

I''m running into a rather weird problem... I have a model with a
"link" attribute that isn''t working because it''s
getting clobbered by
RakeFileUtils#link

It seems as soon as you require ''rake'' that RakeFileUtils gets
mixed
into ActiveRecord::Base
>> require ''active_record''
=> true
>> RakeFileUtils
NameError: uninitialized constant RakeFileUtils
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:443:in
`load_missing_constant''
>> require ''rake''
=> ["RakeFileUtils", "FileList",
"RAKEVERSION"]
>> ActiveRecord::Base.include? RakeFileUtils
=> true

Any idea how this is happening exactly?

Even worse, the accessor method for the attribute seems to be getting
eventually defined in what seems to be a magical or non-deterministic
manner:

http://gist.github.com/202477

First time around:

#<Method: Channel(RakeFileUtils)#link>

Second time around:

#<Method: Channel#link>

My gut feeling is that RakeFileUtils really, really does not belong in
ActiveRecord::Base

Never mind, this is Rake''s fault.  From rake.rb:

#############################################################################
# Include the FileUtils file manipulation functions in the top level
module,
# but mark them private so that they don''t unintentionally define
methods on
# other objects.

include RakeFileUtils
private(*FileUtils.instance_methods(false))
private(*RakeFileUtils.instance_methods(false))

Hi Tony,

I am having the same problem, I have an AR model with a link field
which isn''t getting called because of Rake. This only just started
happening, what is the best way to solve this issue?

Thanks a bundle,

Josh

On Oct 6, 8:42 pm, Tony Arcieri
<basc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Never mind, this isRake''sfault.  Fromrake.rb:
>
>
#############################################################################
> # Include the FileUtils file manipulation functions in the top level
> module,
> # but mark themprivateso that they don''t unintentionally define
> methods on
> # other objects.
>
> include
RakeFileUtilsprivate(*FileUtils.instance_methods(false))private(*RakeFileUtils.instance_methods(false))