From fda2bc4ee3045a17ca52ca6075cdd955a813fbc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Kokubun <takashikkbn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 20:17:03 -0700
Subject: merge revision(s) 8ecf28f9384207590be73d5f2a95859cff9c526a: [Backport
 #21954]

	[ruby/rubygems] Fix NoMethodError in Gem.try_activate when activation conflicts occur
---
 lib/rubygems.rb           |  3 ++-
 test/rubygems/test_gem.rb | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/rubygems.rb b/lib/rubygems.rb
index c0aacfc31b..a99aec3f97 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems.rb
@@ -192,8 +192,9 @@ module Gem
     begin
       spec.activate
     rescue Gem::LoadError => e # this could fail due to gem dep collisions, go lax
+      name = spec.name
       spec = Gem::Specification.find_unloaded_by_path(path)
-      spec ||= Gem::Specification.find_by_name(spec.name)
+      spec ||= Gem::Specification.find_by_name(name)
       if spec.nil?
         raise e
       else
diff --git a/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb b/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
index 74c8953904..4293bc5ba8 100644
--- a/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
+++ b/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
@@ -1213,6 +1213,28 @@ class TestGem < Gem::TestCase
     assert Gem.try_activate("b"), "try_activate should still return true"
   end
 
+  def test_try_activate_does_not_raise_no_method_error_on_activation_conflict
+    a1 = util_spec "a", "1.0" do |s|
+      s.files << "lib/a/old.rb"
+    end
+
+    a2 = util_spec "a", "2.0" do |s|
+      s.files << "lib/a/old.rb"
+      s.files << "lib/a/new_file.rb"
+    end
+
+    install_specs a1, a2
+
+    # Activate the older version
+    gem "a", "= 1.0"
+
+    # try_activate a file only in the newer version should not raise
+    # NoMethodError on nil (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21954)
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      Gem.try_activate("a/new_file")
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_spec_order_is_consistent
     b1 = util_spec "b", "1.0"
     b2 = util_spec "b", "2.0"
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