Sorting the sources makes it easier to compare the output using diff.
In addition, it aids groups creating reproducible builds, as the order
of the files is no longer dependent on the file system or other
irrelevant factors.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net>
---
 Documentation/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index a9fb497b8..6e6c82409 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml
 
 gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl
        $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
-       ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \
+       ($(foreach xml,$(sort $(MAN_XML)),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \
                --to-stdout $(xml) &&) true) > $@++ && \
        $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@++ >$@+ && \
        rm $@++ && \

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