if ($args =~ /\$msg/)
{
- my($listcmd) = "$parm_cwd/eximdir/exim -bp " .
- "-DEXIM_PATH=$parm_cwd/eximdir/exim " .
- "-C $parm_cwd/test-config |";
- print ">> Getting queue list from:\n>> $listcmd\n" if ($debug);
- open (QLIST, $listcmd) || tests_exit(-1, "Couldn't run \"exim -bp\": $!\n");
- my(@msglist) = ();
- while (<QLIST>) { push (@msglist, $1) if /^\s*\d+[smhdw]\s+\S+\s+(\S+)/; }
- close(QLIST);
+ my @listcmd = ("$parm_cwd/eximdir/exim", '-bp',
+ "-DEXIM_PATH=$parm_cwd/eximdir/exim",
+ -C => "$parm_cwd/test-config");
+ print ">> Getting queue list from:\n>> @listcmd\n" if $debug;
+ # We need the message ids sorted in ascending order.
+ # Message id is: <timestamp>-<pid>-<fractional-time>. On some systems (*BSD) the
+ # PIDs are randomized, so sorting just the whole PID doesn't work.
+ # We do the Schartz' transformation here (sort on
+ # <timestamp><fractional-time>). Thanks to Kirill Miazine
+ my @msglist =
+ map { $_->[1] } # extract the values
+ sort { $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] } # sort by key
+ map { [join('.' => (split /-/, $_)[0,2]) => $_] } # key (timestamp.fractional-time) => value(message_id)
+ map { /^\s*\d+[smhdw]\s+\S+\s+(\S+)/ } `@listcmd` or tests_exit(-1, "No output from `exim -bp` (@listcmd)\n");
# Done backwards just in case there are more than 9