Sorting the sources makes it easier to compare the output using diff. In addition, it aids groups creating reproducible builds, as the order of the files is no longer dependent on the file system or other irrelevant factors. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index a9fb497b8..6e6c82409 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ - ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \ + ($(foreach xml,$(sort $(MAN_XML)),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \ --to-stdout $(xml) &&) true) > $@++ && \ $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@++ >$@+ && \ rm $@++ && \