--- a/roundup/backends/back_anydbm.py	Tue May 04 00:02:23 2004 +0000
+++ b/roundup/backends/back_anydbm.py	Tue May 04 00:16:07 2004 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # BASIS, AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
 # SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
 # 
-#$Id: back_anydbm.py,v 1.143 2004-04-26 00:46:34 richard Exp $
+#$Id: back_anydbm.py,v 1.144 2004-05-04 00:16:06 richard Exp $
 '''This module defines a backend that saves the hyperdatabase in a
 database chosen by anydbm. It is guaranteed to always be available in python
 versions >2.1.1 (the dumbdbm fallback in 2.1.1 and earlier has several
@@ -1776,11 +1776,12 @@
             def sortfun(a, b, directions=directions, n=range(len(directions))):
                 for i in n:
                     if a[i] == b[i]: continue
-                    if directions[i] == '-':
+                    if directions[i] == '+':
                         return cmp(a[i],b[i])
                     else:
                         return cmp(b[i],a[i])
-                return 0
+                # for consistency, sort by the id if the items are equal
+                return cmp(a[-2], b[-2])
             matches.sort(sortfun)
 
         # pull the id out of the individual entries

--- a/test/db_test_base.py	Tue May 04 00:02:23 2004 +0000
+++ b/test/db_test_base.py	Tue May 04 00:16:07 2004 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # BASIS, AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
 # SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
 # 
-# $Id: db_test_base.py,v 1.25 2004-04-18 05:31:02 richard Exp $ 
+# $Id: db_test_base.py,v 1.26 2004-05-04 00:16:07 richard Exp $ 
 
 import unittest, os, shutil, errno, imp, sys, time, pprint
 
@@ -813,15 +813,15 @@
         iss = self.db.issue
         for issue in (
                 {'title': 'issue one', 'status': '2', 'assignedto': '1',
-                    'foo': date.Interval('1:10'), 
+                    'foo': date.Interval('1:10'),
                     'deadline': date.Date('2003-01-01.00:00')},
                     {'title': 'issue two', 'status': '1', 'assignedto': '2',
-                    'foo': date.Interval('1d'), 
+                    'foo': date.Interval('1d'),
                     'deadline': date.Date('2003-02-16.22:50')},
                 {'title': 'issue three', 'status': '1',
                     'nosy': ['1','2'], 'deadline': date.Date('2003-02-18')},
                 {'title': 'non four', 'status': '3',
-                    'foo': date.Interval('0:10'), 
+                    'foo': date.Interval('0:10'),
                     'nosy': ['1'], 'deadline': date.Date('2004-03-08')}):
             self.db.issue.create(**issue)
         self.db.commit()