1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/versions.awk b/scripts/versions.awk
index e642b3d16e..22b1c8edc8 100644
--- a/scripts/versions.awk
+++ b/scripts/versions.awk
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ BEGIN {
   close(defsfile);
 
   tmpfile = buildroot "Versions.tmp";
-  # Note this sorting presumes only single digits between dots for proper
-  # numeric ordering.  sort -n doesn't do quite the right thing either,
-  # and in some non-GNU sort implementations does not sort at all.
-  sort = "sort > " tmpfile;
+  # POSIX sort needed.
+  sort = "sort -t. -k 1,1 -k 2n,2n -k 3 > " tmpfile;
 }
 
 # Remove comment lines.
@@ -135,5 +133,5 @@ END {
   printf("\n");
   closeversion(oldver, veryoldver);
   close_and_move(outfile, real_outfile);
-  system("rm -f " tmpfile);
+  #system("rm -f " tmpfile);
 }