--- glsa-check.old	2008-08-28 02:36:08.000000000 +0200
+++ glsa-check	2008-08-28 02:52:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 ["-V", "--version", "some information about this tool"],
 ["-v", "--verbose", "print more information (option)"],
 ["-c", "--cve", "show CAN ids in listing mode (option)"],
+["-r", "--reverse","reverse the order of listing"],
 ["-m", "--mail", "send a mail with the given GLSAs to the administrator"]
 ]
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
 try:
 	args, params = getopt(sys.argv[1:], "".join([o[0][1] for o in optionmap]), \
 		[x[2:] for x in reduce(lambda x,y: x+y, [z[1:-1] for z in optionmap])])
-#		["dump", "print", "list", "pretend", "fix", "inject", "help", "verbose", "version", "test", "nocolor", "cve", "mail"])
+#		["dump", "print", "list", "pretend", "fix", "inject", "help", "verbose", "version", "test", "nocolor", "cve", "reverse", "mail"])
 	args = [a for a,b in args]
 	
 	for option in ["--nocolor", "-n"]:
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@
 			list_cve = True
 			args.remove(option)
 	
+	list_reverse = False
+	for option in ["--reverse", "-r"]:
+		if option in args:
+			list_reverse = True
+			args.remove(option)
+
 	least_change = True
 	for option in ["--emergelike", "-e"]:
 		if option in args:
@@ -229,7 +236,10 @@
 	return 0
 
 if mode == "list":
-	sys.exit(summarylist(glsalist))
+	if list_reverse:
+		sys.exit(summarylist(reversed(glsalist)))
+	else:
+		sys.exit(summarylist(glsalist))
 
 # dump, fix, inject and fix are nearly the same code, only the glsa method call differs
 if mode in ["dump", "fix", "inject", "pretend"]: