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diff --git a/doc/distribution.md b/doc/distribution.md index 0771ecd8c8..fd918576e7 100644 --- a/doc/distribution.md +++ b/doc/distribution.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Distribution -This document outlines the expected way to distribute Ruby, with a specific focus on building Ruby packages for operating system distributions. +This document outlines the expected way to distribute Ruby, with a specific focus on building Ruby packages. ## Building a Ruby Tarball @@ -22,20 +22,6 @@ The tarball for official releases is created by the release manager. The release Downstream distributors should use the official release tarballs as part of their build process. This ensures that the tarball is created in a consistent way, and that the tarball is crytographically verified. -## Building a Ruby Package - -Most distributions have a tool to build packages from a tarball. For example, Debian has `dpkg-buildpackage` and Fedora has `rpmbuild`. These tools will take the tarball and build a package for the distribution. - -```bash -$ pkgver=3.1.3 -$ curl https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${pkgver%.*}/ruby-${pkgver}.tar.xz --output ruby-${pkgver}.tar.xz -$ tar xpvf ruby-${pkgver}.tar.xz -$ cd ruby-${pkgver} -$ ./configure -$ make -$ make install -``` - ## Updating the Ruby Standard Library The Ruby standard library is a collection of Ruby files that are included with Ruby. These files are used to provide the basic functionality of Ruby. The standard library is located in the `lib` directory and is distributed as part of the Ruby tarball. |