I can't find out where to file this: Rake returns 0 exit status on Windows, even after failure. >rake -V c:0:Warning: require_gem is obsolete. Use gem instead. rake, version 0.7.2 >ruby -v ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-mswin32] >true && echo "Success!" "Success!" >false && echo "Success!" >rake notthere && echo "Success!" c:0:Warning: require_gem is obsolete. Use gem instead. (in C:/medwiz/delanor/development) rake aborted! Don't know how to build task 'notthere' (See full trace by running task with --trace) "Success!"