fixed bug in previous commit

Added function to get glob as sorted list. This fixes the errors
reported by systemd-networkd

naxalnet/__init__.py

@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ See README.md for documentation.
 #
 # In case you forgot to change the version, skip the number
 # and put the next number in the next commit.
-__version__ = "0.4.0a4"
+__version__ = "0.4.0a5"

naxalnet/scripts.py

@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ from naxalnet.daemon import Daemon
 from naxalnet.network import NetworkD
 
 
+def get_sorted_glob(directory: str, glob: str):
+    """return sorted list of filenames matching glob"""
+    path = Path(directory)
+    g = path.glob(glob)
+    sorted_list = []
+    for i in g:
+        # g is a list of PosixPath objects.
+        # So we add their absolute path as str.
+        sorted_list.append(str(i))
+    # sorted_list is not sorted, so we sort them here
+    sorted_list.sort()
+    return sorted_list
+
+
 def setup_mesh():
     """configure networkd to setup the mesh"""
     try:
@@ -52,10 +66,9 @@ def setup_mesh():
         networkd = NetworkD(runtime_dir=args.networkd_runtime_dir)
         # TODO: replace with valus from args
         networkd.set_vars(batdev="bat0", bridgedev="bridge0")
-        for i in Path(args.networkd_config_dir).glob(MESH_GLOB):
-            path = str(i)
-            logger.debug("Adding network config %s", path)
-            networkd.add_config(path)
+        for i in get_sorted_glob(args.networkd_config_dir, MESH_GLOB):
+            logger.debug("Adding network config %s", i)
+            networkd.add_config(i)
     except PermissionError:
         logger.exception("A PermissionError occured while copying files")
         logger.error(REPORT_BUG_INFO)