Bug#727226: [PATCH] cvsserver: Determinize output to combat Perl 5.18 hash randomization

2013-10-30 Thread Anders Kaseorg
Perl 5.18 randomizes the seed used by its hash function, so iterating through hashes results in different orders from run to run: http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5180delta.html#Hash-overhaul This usually broke t9400 (gitcvs.dbname, gitcvs.ext.dbname, when running cmp on two .sqlite files) and t9402

Bug#727226: [PATCH] cvsserver: Determinize output to combat Perl 5.18 hash randomization

2013-10-30 Thread Junio C Hamano
Anders Kaseorg ande...@mit.edu writes: Perl 5.18 randomizes the seed used by its hash function, so iterating through hashes results in different orders from run to run: http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5180delta.html#Hash-overhaul This usually broke t9400 (gitcvs.dbname, gitcvs.ext.dbname, when