diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bfc1bc3add..413ac8c9cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Aug  2 13:46:39 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* sprintf.c (rb_f_sprintf): should not check positional number as
+	  width.  [ruby-core:11838]
+
 Wed Aug  1 12:40:05 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* generic.rb (URI::Generic::merge_path): behave as RFC 3986.
diff --git a/sprintf.c b/sprintf.c
index 069f6fbf93..78438bf55b 100644
--- a/sprintf.c
+++ b/sprintf.c
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ rb_str_format(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE fmt)
 
 	  case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
 	  case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
-	    CHECK_FOR_WIDTH(flags);
 	    n = 0;
 	    GETNUM(n, width);
 	    if (*p == '$') {
@@ -360,6 +359,7 @@ rb_str_format(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE fmt)
 		p++;
 		goto retry;
 	    }
+	    CHECK_FOR_WIDTH(flags);
 	    width = n;
 	    flags |= FWIDTH;
 	    goto retry;
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb b/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb
index 5e0b763e99..018486baae 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 require 'test/unit'
 
 class TestSprintf < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_positional
+    assert_equal("     00001", sprintf("%*1$.*2$3$d", 10, 5, 1))
+  end
+
   def test_binary
     assert_equal("0", sprintf("%b", 0))
     assert_equal("1", sprintf("%b", 1))
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 09aef04f12..2a87aa5b1a 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.9.0"
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2007-08-01"
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2007-08-02"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 190
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20070801
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20070802
 #define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 0
 
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 0
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2007
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 8
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DAY 1
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DAY 2
 
 #ifdef RUBY_EXTERN
 RUBY_EXTERN const char ruby_version[];