https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032
Bug ID: 2032 Summary: -bp sorts according to Exim message id, not chronologically Product: Exim Version: 4.88 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: bug Priority: medium Component: General execution Assignee: ni...@exim.org Reporter: k...@krot.org CC: exim-dev@exim.org Re. this commit: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/b402f29499e9790419ff4dc8bb3462552e98e827 Documentation for the -bp command line option say nothing about the order of messages, but -bpr indicates that -bp should be sorting messages into chronological order of message arrival. However, -bp does not sort the messages chronologically, but based on message id. Message id consists of three components: <epoch-time>-<pid>-<time-fraction>. If two messages are received during the same second, the order will depend on pid. On some systems process ids will be increasing, thus giving the intended sorting order as long as pid doesn't wrap, but some systems/configuration assign pids randomly. Discussions with Heiko on #exim suggest -bp should be fixed to do chronological sorting, rather than message id sorting. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-dev Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##