==== To build a ruby related port for Ruby 1.8, define RUBY_VER=1.8 on the make command line or in /etc/make.conf. If you want to use Ruby 1.8 as the default instead of 1.6, define RUBY_DEFAULT_VER=1.8 also. Note that some of the standard libraries are provided as separate ports since they require extra dependencies: converters/ruby-iconv iconv module databases/ruby-gdbm: GDBM module lang/ruby-tcltklib: Tcl/Tk libraries japanese/ruby-tcltklib: Tcl/Tk libraries for Japanized Tcl/Tk x11-toolkits/ruby-tk: Tk modules japanese/ruby-tk: Tk modules for Japanized Tcl/Tk lang/ruby-mode.el: Emacs lisp modules Install them as occasion demands. (Make sure to define RUBY_VER=1.8 when you build and install them) ====