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Automake output non-deterministic when used with later Perls

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Message #11 received at 25629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: demerphq <demerphq <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25629: Hrm, actually autom4te isnt part of automake,
 but rather autoconf.
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 01:49:50 +0200

Hello Yves,

demerphq <demerphq <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Also I observe that there were previous patches to ensure most uses of
> keys() were sorted. However not all of them, including diagnostics,
> and various other places where the key order could be exposed to a
> user.
>
> Attached is a patch that I believe fixes any remaining uses of unsorted keys.
>
> I took the policy that automake is not performance sensitive, at least
> at the level of sorting keys, and that sorting something that is not
> strictly necessary does no harm.
>
> I admit I have not been able to properly test all of these changes,
> but superficial testing does not reveal any issues.
>
> Anyway, sorry for the misleading original bug-report.
>
> Cheers,
> Yves

Can you explain what would be the benefit for Automake to have such
deterministic behavior?

Thanks for the report.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin
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