Bugs item #27154, was opened at 2009-09-21 09:42
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Category: `gem install` command
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Ryan Riley (panesofglass)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: Computed hash is sometimes too large.

Initial Comment:
The current hash algorithm in dependency.rb (line 138) and specification.rb 
(line 658) can sometimes create a hash that is too large. This is also possible 
with Array#hash in MRI, which can also misbehave if one of the array elements 
returns a large hash value:

class C
  def hash
    100000000000000000000
  end
end

[C.new].hash  # => in `hash': bignum too big to convert into 
`long' (RangeError)

REXML has a similar issue. http://redmine.ruby-
lang.org/issues/show/1883 tracks the issue, and MRI will be 
fixing the issue.

Suggested fixes are:

edit: c:/ruby/libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb;C840659
File: dependency.rb
===================================================================
--- c:/ruby/libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb;C840659  (server)    
6/23/2009 1:21 PM
+++ c:/ruby/libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
   end
 
   def hash # :nodoc:
-    name.hash + type.hash + version_requirements.hash
+    name.hash ^ type.hash ^ version_requirements.hash
   end
 
 end
===================================================================
edit: c:/ruby/libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb;C908357
File: specification.rb
===================================================================
--- c:/ruby/libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb;C908357  (server) 
   6/23/2009 1:24 PM
+++ c:/ruby/libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -661,9 +661,8 @@
     private :same_attributes?
 
     def hash # :nodoc:
-      @@attributes.inject(0) { |hash_code, (name, default_value)|
-        n = self.send(name).hash
-        hash_code + n
+      @@attributes.inject(612553) { |hash_code, (name, default_value)|
+        hash_code ^ self.send(name).hash
       }
     end
 
===================================================================

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