Re: pkg/46538: audit-packages results appear in arbitrary order

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46538; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/46538: audit-packages results appear in arbitrary order
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:43:50 +0000

 On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 07:20:04AM +0000, Steven Drake wrote:
  >  On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, dholland%eecs.harvard.edu@localhost wrote:
  >  
  >  > audit-packages prints results in arbitrary order, probably the result
  >  > of iterating a hash table or something.
  >  > 
  >  > It should either be sorted explicitly (probably by package name and
  >  > then url) or retain the ordering of the input file, which is pretty
  >  > much chronological.
  >  
  >  Try the below script, I find it very handy.
  > [snip]
 
 Hrm. Something like that could go nicely into /etc/security, and that
 would certainly help with the visibility problem.
 
 audit-packages should still itself print in a sensible order though.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost