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-rwxr-xr-xsrc/tools/make_ctags9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/make_ctags b/src/tools/make_ctags
index aa7d7b573f0..ad027c71e3d 100755
--- a/src/tools/make_ctags
+++ b/src/tools/make_ctags
@@ -87,11 +87,10 @@ find `pwd`/ \( -name tmp_install -prune -o -name tmp_check -prune \) \
-o -name "*.sql" -o -name "*.p[lm]" \) -type f -print |
xargs $PROG $TAGS_OPT $TAGS_FILE $FLAGS $IGNORE_IDENTIFIES
-# Exuberant tags has a header that we cannot sort in with the other entries
-# so we skip the sort step
-# Why are we sorting this? I guess some tag implementation need this,
-# particularly for append mode. bjm 2012-02-24
-if [ ! "$IS_EXUBERANT" ]
+# Sorting non-Exuberant ctags file allows for fast searching of the tags file.
+# Since etags file has a header that we cannot sort in with the other entries
+# we skip the sort step.
+if [ ! "$IS_EXUBERANT" -a ! "$EMACS_MODE" ]
then LC_ALL=C
export LC_ALL
sort $TAGS_FILE >/tmp/$$ && mv /tmp/$$ $TAGS_FILE