diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cae32dbf3f..771e09db8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Fri Sep  1 22:02:08 2006  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c (rb_str_resize): should copy embedded string to
+	  malloc'ed buffer.  a patch from <nobu at ruby-lang.org> in
+	  [ruby-dev:29369].  fixed: [ruby-dev:29368]
+
+	* string.c (rb_str_ord): use %ld specifier since STRING_LEN() is a
+	  long.  [ruby-dev:29369]
+
 Fri Sep  1 21:41:12 2006  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/socket/socket.c (socks_init): typo fixed.  a patch from Sven
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index 3cf5b7ceb3..d50df152d5 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ rb_ary_shuffle_bang(VALUE ary)
  *  call-seq:
  *     array.shuffle -> an_array
  *  
- *  Returns a new array that with elements of this array shuffled.
+ *  Returns a new array with elements of this array shuffled.
  *     
  *     a = [ 1, 2, 3 ]           #=> [1, 2, 3]
  *     a.shuffle                 #=> [2, 3, 1]
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index d28b2da2e1..6482e32c51 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -682,12 +682,15 @@ rb_str_resize(VALUE str, long len)
     rb_str_modify(str);
     if (len != RSTRING_LEN(str)) {
 	if (STR_EMBED_P(str)) {
+	    char *ptr;
 	    if (len <= RSTRING_EMBED_LEN_MAX) {
 		STR_SET_EMBED_LEN(str, len);
 		RSTRING_PTR(str)[len] = '\0';
 		return str;
 	    }
-	    RSTRING(str)->as.heap.ptr = ALLOC_N(char,len+1);
+	    ptr = ALLOC_N(char,len+1);
+	    MEMCPY(ptr, RSTRING(str)->ary, char, RSTRING_LEN(str));
+	    RSTRING(str)->as.heap.ptr = ptr;
 	    STR_SET_NOEMBED(str);
 	}
 	else if (RSTRING_LEN(str) < len || RSTRING_LEN(str) - len > 1024) {
@@ -4165,7 +4168,7 @@ rb_str_ord(VALUE s)
 
     if (RSTRING_LEN(s) != 1) {
 	rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
-		 "expacted a characer, but string of size %d given",
+		 "expacted a characer, but string of size %ld given",
 		 RSTRING_LEN(s));
     }
     c = RSTRING_PTR(s)[0] & 0xff;