Index: general/prog/ruby.xml
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--- general/prog/ruby.xml	(revision bad03ecda4ae3d982b2a7b07d3eb6aa002d00254)
+++ general/prog/ruby.xml	(revision 4ba4e7ceb3315d1454077415514bf84ea9e2f356)
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 <!ENTITY ruby-download-ftp " ">
 <!ENTITY ruby-size "2.6 MB">
-<!ENTITY ruby-buildsize "31 MB">
-<!ENTITY ruby-time "0.71 SBU">
-
+<!ENTITY ruby-buildsize "36.2 MB">
+<!ENTITY ruby-time "0.62 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -23,9 +22,9 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Introduction to <application>Ruby</application></title>
-                                                                               
+
 <para>The <application>Ruby</application> package contains the
 <application>Ruby</application> development environment. This
 is useful for object-oriented scripting.</para>
-                                                                               
+
 <sect3><title>Package information</title>
 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
@@ -33,24 +32,46 @@
 <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ruby-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>Download size: &ruby-size;</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &ruby-buildsize;</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &ruby-buildsize;</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &ruby-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
 </sect3>
-                                                                               
+
+<sect3><title><application>Ruby</application> dependencies</title>
+<sect4><title>Optional</title>
+<para><xref linkend="openssl"/>, 
+<xref linkend="tk"/>, 
+<xref linkend="db"/>, 
+<xref linkend="gdbm"/></para>
+</sect4>
+</sect3>
+
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of <application>Ruby</application></title>
-                                                                               
-<para>Install <application>Ruby</application> by running the following commands:</para>
-                                                                               
-<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
+
+<para>Install <application>Ruby</application> by running the following 
+commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
+    --enable-shared --enable-pthread &amp;&amp;
 make &amp;&amp;
 make install</command></userinput></screen>
-                                                                               
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This parameter builds the 
+<filename class='libraryfile'>libruby</filename> shared library.</para>
+
+<para><parameter>--enable-pthread</parameter>: This parameter links the 
+threading library into the <application>Ruby</application> build.</para>
+
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Contents</title>
-                                                                               
+
 <para>The <application>Ruby</application> package contains
 <command>ruby</command>,
@@ -58,19 +79,21 @@
 <command>erb</command>,
 <command>rdoc</command>,
-<command>ri</command> and
-<command>testrb</command>.</para>
-                                                                               
+<command>ri</command>, 
+<command>testrb</command>, 
+<filename class='libraryfile'>libruby</filename> libraries and
+numerous scripts and modules.</para>
+
 </sect2>
-                                                                               
+
 <sect2><title>Description</title>
-                                                                               
+
 <sect3><title>ruby</title>
 <para><command>ruby</command> is an interpreted scripting language for quick
 and easy object-oriented programming.</para></sect3>
-                                                                               
+
 <sect3><title>irb</title>
 <para><command>irb</command> is the interactive interface for ruby.</para>
 </sect3>
-                                                                               
+
 </sect2>
 
