diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f79edb3589..585fa25579 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Nov 16 23:45:07 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* numeric.c (flo_divmod): protect float values from GC by
+	  assignment to local variables.  [ruby-dev:24873]
+
 Tue Nov 16 14:31:54 2004  Michael Neumann  <mneumann@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* test/xmlrpc/*: imported and refactored original test cases.
diff --git a/hash.c b/hash.c
index 270553005f..c9a26a0a80 100644
--- a/hash.c
+++ b/hash.c
@@ -1554,8 +1554,10 @@ rb_hash_update_block_i(key, value, hash)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *     hsh.merge!(other_hash)    => hsh
- *     hsh.update(other_hash)    => hsh
+ *     hsh.merge!(other_hash)                                 => hsh
+ *     hsh.update(other_hash)                                 => hsh
+ *     hsh.merge!(other_hash){|key, oldval, newval| block}    => hsh
+ *     hsh.update(other_hash){|key, oldval, newval| block}    => hsh
  *  
  *  Adds the contents of <i>other_hash</i> to <i>hsh</i>, overwriting
  *  entries with duplicate keys with those from <i>other_hash</i>.
@@ -1581,7 +1583,8 @@ rb_hash_update(hash1, hash2)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *     hsh.merge(other_hash) -> a_hash
+ *     hsh.merge(other_hash)                              -> a_hash
+ *     hsh.merge(other_hash){|key, oldval, newval| block} -> a_hash
  *  
  *  Returns a new hash containing the contents of <i>other_hash</i> and
  *  the contents of <i>hsh</i>, overwriting entries in <i>hsh</i> with
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 6b3c377001..a222bf3401 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -731,7 +731,9 @@ flo_divmod(x, y)
 	return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y);
     }
     flodivmod(RFLOAT(x)->value, fy, &div, &mod);
-    return rb_assoc_new(rb_float_new(div), rb_float_new(mod));
+    x = rb_float_new(div);
+    y = rb_float_new(mod);
+    return rb_assoc_new(x, y);
 }
 
 /*