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Reiner Herrmann edcccde7d6 file: Sort GLOB results to make it deterministic (#14491)
Even though the `file(GLOB)` documentation specifically warns against
using it to collect a list of source files, projects often do it anyway.
Since it uses `readdir()`, the list of files will be unsorted.
This list is often passed directly to add_executable / add_library.
Linking binaries with an unsorted list will make it unreproducible,
which means that the produced binary will differ depending on the
unpredictable `readdir()` order.

To solve those reproducibility issues in a lot of programs (which don't
explicitly `list(SORT)` the list manually), sort the resulting list of
the `file(GLOB)` command.

A more detailed rationale about reproducible builds is available
[here](https://reproducible-builds.org/).
2016-05-17 10:12:11 -04:00
Domen Vrankar a2c068a7ce file: Teach GLOB to list directories optionally
GLOB lists directories by default and GLOB_RECURSE does not.
LIST_DIRECTORIES enables user to control the behavior explicitly for
consistently for both GLOB and GLOB_RECURSE.
2015-03-20 09:45:25 -04:00