On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Chris Thompson wrote:
> The {bug|weird-spec} arises when "exim -q msgid1 msgid2" is executed.
Oh dear. Thanks, Chris, for pointing this out. I had a brainstorm and
assumed that the file names would be coming in lexicographically sorted.
> Wouldn't it be better if queue_get_spool_list(FALSE) returned the list
> sorted lexicographically? And, for that matter, if queue_get_spool_list(TRUE)
> returned a truely (pseudo-)randomised order rather than the poor-man's-method
> used in the current code? List sorts aren't really that hard to code or
> expensive to execute!
Yes indeed. I will fix the bug and think about the randomizing.
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