pkg/35286: Distribution patches (?) break (at least) ruby's Digest::SHA1

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>Number:         35286
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       Distribution patches (?) break (at least) ruby's Digest::SHA1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 20 02:50:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Andreas Wiese
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.6
>Organization:
BSD-Crew Dresden
>Environment:
System: NetBSD schroeder.lan.instandbesetzt.net 4.99.6 NetBSD 4.99.6 
(SCHROEDER) #4: Mon Dec 18 18:42:18 CET 2006 
root%schroeder.lan.instandbesetzt.net@localhost:/sys/arch/i386/conf/SCHROEDER 
i386
>Description:
It seems the last update of ruby18-base seriously damaged something:

#v+
aw@rerun:~> pkg_info | grep ruby18-base
ruby18-base-1.8.5nb3 Ruby 1.8 based release minimum package
aw@rerun:~> irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'digest/sha1'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Digest::SHA1.new
=> da39a3ee5e6b5b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
irb(main):003:0> Digest::SHA1.new('foobar')
=> 8843d7f92416211de9ebb963ff4ce28125932878
irb(main):004:0> ^D
aw@rerun:~> uname -sr
NetBSD 4.99.3
aw@rerun:~>
#v-

whereas...

#v+
aw@schroeder:~> pkg_info | grep ruby18-base
ruby18-base-1.8.5.20061205 Ruby 1.8 based release minimum package
aw@schroeder:~> irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'digest/sha1'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Digest::SHA1.new
=> #<Digest::SHA1: da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
irb(main):003:0> Digest::SHA1.new('foobar')
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)
        from (irb):3:in `initialize'
        from (irb):3:in `new'
        from (irb):3
        from :0
irb(main):004:0> ^D
aw@schroeder:~>
#v-

That's really annoying since it breaks up some not so dispensable applications.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install the actual ruby18-base package and play around with Digest::SHA1 or 
XMPP4R or something like that ;)
>Fix:
It don't know if that's the cause of the problem, but the last update of this 
package seems to change much in ruby-1.8.5/ext/digest/sha1.  Perhaps this would 
be a good place to go...