[patch] Sort dictionary before writing to disc

portage-sort-dictionary-before-write.patch (text/plain), 570 bytes, created by pitcha on 2016-12-18 08:50:23 UTC

diff --git a/pym/portage/util/__init__.py b/pym/portage/util/__init__.py
--- a/pym/portage/util/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/util/__init__.py
@@ -579,10 +579,10 @@ def writedict(mydict, myfilename, writekey=True):
 	the key and assumes all values are strings, not lists."""
 	lines = []
 	if not writekey:
-		for v in mydict.values():
+		for v in sorted(mydict.values()):
 			lines.append(v + "\n")
 	else:
-		for k, v in mydict.items():
+		for k, v in sorted(mydict.items()):
 			lines.append("%s %s\n" % (k, " ".join(v)))
 	write_atomic(myfilename, "".join(lines))