This patch ensures that the 'tclIndex' files generated by 'auto_mkindex' are sorted in a deterministic fashion. Fixes a non-determinism issue reported at . --- tcl8.6.4/library/auto.tcl 2015-02-26 17:57:28.000000000 +0100 +++ tcl8.6.4/library/auto.tcl 2015-11-13 23:18:34.964831717 +0100 @@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ proc auto_mkindex {dir args} { set args *.tcl } + # Keep file names sorted in a determistic order. + set args [lsort -ascii $args] + auto_mkindex_parser::init foreach file [glob -- {*}$args] { try { @@ -241,6 +244,10 @@ proc auto_mkindex_old {dir args} { if {![llength $args]} { set args *.tcl } + + # Keep file names sorted in a determistic order. + set args [lsort -ascii $args] + foreach file [glob -- {*}$args] { set f "" set error [catch {