This should be part of the Fedora empty-ruby_version patch --- origsrc/ruby-2.0.0-p481/template/ruby.pc.in 2013-02-18 21:25:48.000000000 -0600 +++ src/ruby-2.0.0-p481/template/ruby.pc.in 2014-08-21 19:26:59.982177900 -0500 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sitehdrdir=@sitehdrdir@ Name: Ruby Description: Object Oriented Script Language -Version: ${ruby_version} +Version: @RUBY_PROGRAM_VERSION@ URL: http://www.ruby-lang.org Cflags: -I${rubyhdrdir}/${arch} -I${rubyhdrdir} Libs: ${DLDFLAGS} ${LIBRUBYARG_SHARED} ${LIBS}