diff --git a/ruby.changes b/ruby.changes
index e8713ff..426d146 100644
--- a/ruby.changes
+++ b/ruby.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jun 29 12:38:12 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- change too strict ruby20 requires with _ge
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 26 15:01:32 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- use update-alternatives the right way - which is portable too
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 25 09:02:48 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- remove --force usage in favor of portable rm (SLE11)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun  4 17:04:50 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index 06e8ab5..cb0cdc3 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ruby20-devel
 BuildRequires:  update-alternatives
 #!BuildIgnore:  ruby ruby-devel
 #!BuildIgnore:  rubygems
-%requires_eq ruby20
+%requires_ge ruby20
 Provides:       rubygems = 1.8.15
 Obsoletes:      rubygems < 1.8.15
 Requires:       update-alternatives
@@ -83,18 +83,20 @@ Development files to link against Ruby.
 %build
 
 %install
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_bindir
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%_bindir %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
 for bin in erb gem irb rake rdoc ri ruby testrb; do
-  ln -s %_bindir/"$bin"2.0 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_bindir/$bin
+  # dummy
+  touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/$bin
+  ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/$bin %{buildroot}%_bindir/$bin
 done
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_libdir
-ln -s %_libdir/libruby2.0.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_libdir/libruby.so
-install -D -m 0644 %{S:0} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/rpm/macros.ruby
-install -D -m 0644 %{S:2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/gemrc
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%_libdir
+ln -s %_libdir/libruby2.0.so %{buildroot}%_libdir/libruby.so
+install -D -m 0644 %{S:0} %{buildroot}/etc/rpm/macros.ruby
+install -D -m 0644 %{S:2} %{buildroot}/etc/gemrc
 
 %post
 for bin in erb gem irb rake rdoc ri ruby testrb; do
-  /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --force --install \
+  /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --install \
     %{_bindir}/$bin $bin %{_bindir}/$bin"2.0" 20
 done
 
@@ -109,14 +111,22 @@ fi
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %config /etc/gemrc
 %config /etc/rpm/macros.ruby
-%ghost %{_bindir}/erb
-%ghost %{_bindir}/gem
-%ghost %{_bindir}/irb
-%ghost %{_bindir}/rake
-%ghost %{_bindir}/rdoc
-%ghost %{_bindir}/ri
-%ghost %{_bindir}/ruby
-%ghost %{_bindir}/testrb
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/erb
+%{_bindir}/erb
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/gem
+%{_bindir}/gem
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/irb
+%{_bindir}/irb
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/rake
+%{_bindir}/rake
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/rdoc
+%{_bindir}/rdoc
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ri
+%{_bindir}/ri
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ruby
+%{_bindir}/ruby
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/testrb
+%{_bindir}/testrb
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)