# Making one gem of many

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-one-gem-of-many/87535>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 3, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-one-gem-of-many/87535 "2007-03-03T15:35:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-one-gem-of-many/87535/1 "2007-03-03T15:35:03Z")

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Any chance of getting RubyGems to support the packages/ dir that’s  
supported by setup.rb? I currently have to run a custom staging task  
before I can create a gem for a project that has subprojects.

Alternatively, RubyGem multi-packages might be nice. Installing a  
multi-package would install dependent packages, but would bevave as if  
it were a single package.

Another though it to create a “GemCrusher” that could take a set of  
gems and merge them into a single gem.

Thoughts?

T.