1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/version.rb b/lib/rubygems/version.rb
index 2f6cfae6ed..6eeaafdcc5 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/version.rb
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class Gem::Version
   end
 
   def hash # :nodoc:
-    @version.hash
+    canonical_segments.hash
   end
 
   def init_with coder # :nodoc:
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class Gem::Version
 
   def <=> other
     return unless Gem::Version === other
-    return 0 if @version == other._version
+    return 0 if @version == other._version || canonical_segments == other.canonical_segments
 
     lhsegments = _segments
     rhsegments = other._segments
@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@ class Gem::Version
     return 0
   end
 
+  def canonical_segments
+    @canonical_segments ||=
+      _split_segments.map! do |segments|
+        segments.reverse_each.drop_while {|s| s == 0 }.reverse
+      end.reduce(&:concat)
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def _version
@@ -371,4 +378,11 @@ class Gem::Version
       /^\d+$/ =~ s ? s.to_i : s
     end.freeze
   end
+
+  def _split_segments
+    string_start = _segments.index {|s| s.is_a?(String) }
+    string_segments  = segments
+    numeric_segments = string_segments.slice!(0, string_start || string_segments.size)
+    return numeric_segments, string_segments
+  end
 end