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authorBernhard M. Wiedemann <githubbmw@lsmod.de>2018-01-31 11:17:10 +0100
committerNed Deily <nad@python.org>2018-01-31 17:01:55 -0500
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bpo-30693: zip+tarfile: sort directory listing (#2263)
tarfile and zipfile now sort directory listing to generate tar and zip archives in a more reproducible way. See also https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/stable-inputs/ on that topic.
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@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ The :class:`PyZipFile` constructor takes the same parameters as the
:file:`\*.pyc` are added at the top level. If the directory is a
package directory, then all :file:`\*.pyc` are added under the package
name as a file path, and if any subdirectories are package directories,
- all of these are added recursively.
+ all of these are added recursively in sorted order.
*basename* is intended for internal use only.
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ The :class:`PyZipFile` constructor takes the same parameters as the
.. versionchanged:: 3.6.2
The *pathname* parameter accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+ Recursion sorts directory entries.
+
.. _zipinfo-objects: