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-rw-r--r--lib/rubygems/version.rb4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/version.rb b/lib/rubygems/version.rb
index 42e0f23505..9a26f721d6 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/version.rb
@@ -341,9 +341,11 @@ class Gem::Version
# Compares this version with +other+ returning -1, 0, or 1 if the
# other version is larger, the same, or smaller than this
# one. Attempts to compare to something that's not a
- # <tt>Gem::Version</tt> return +nil+.
+ # <tt>Gem::Version</tt> or a valid version String return +nil+.
def <=>(other)
+ return self <=> self.class.new(other) if (String === other) && self.class.correct?(other)
+
return unless Gem::Version === other
return 0 if @version == other._version || canonical_segments == other.canonical_segments