I am trying to package ruby-1.8.6 for CentOS-4.5 and I would like to take a look at the spec files used for ruby-1.8.1 that ships with CentOS. Is there any place that I can see these or could someone do me the kindness of sending them to me? I am also confused as to how one breaks out the component parts of a build into separate rpm packages. The source distribution from ruby-lang.org seemingly permits only three install options; all, no-docs and docs-only. How and where does one refactor the build scripts to create separate rpms for ruby, ruby-libs, ruby-devel, ruby-docs, rdoc, irb, ri, and ruby-tcltk? I would appreciate greatly any guidance here. I have zero experience with creating rpm packages, but I ran across a reference to checkinstall in a reply to one of my queries on ruby-forum and have decided to have a go at putting an rpm together, for my own purposes if it proves beyond my capability to do so for the community. Sincerely, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3