Bug#884254: pydoctor: please make the output reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: pydoctor
Version: 16.3.0-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: fileordering toolchain
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed
that pydoctor generates output that is not reproducible.

This affects other packages such as "subvertpy" amongst others.

Patch attached.

 [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/


Regards,

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diff --git a/pydoctor/model.py b/pydoctor/model.py
index 173e7f4..6159441 100644
--- a/pydoctor/model.py
+++ b/pydoctor/model.py
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ class System(object):
         package = self.ensurePackage(package_full_name)
         package.filepath = dirpath
         self.setSourceHref(package)
-        for fname in os.listdir(dirpath):
+        for fname in sorted(os.listdir(dirpath)):
             fullname = os.path.join(dirpath, fname)
             if os.path.isdir(fullname):
                 initname = os.path.join(fullname, '__init__.py')