[Bug-tar] what decide the tar pack file order?

[dapeng ni]

Hi, tar team,
I don't think it is a bug of tar, but I could not find the answer.
Hope anyone here could give me some help, thanks.

I was using Ubuntu server6.04 to run my subversion.  I used "tar czvf"
to create daily backup, In 6.04, the tar always zip file in very
reasonable order,
such as
......
svn/revprops/53
svn/revprops/54
..........
svn/revs/57
svn/revs/58
svn/revs/59
svn/revs/60
svn/revs/61
.......


But whatever in ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10, tar always pack file in
unpredictable order, such as:

..........
dependencies/db/revs/94
dependencies/db/revs/98
dependencies/db/revs/53
dependencies/db/revs/117
dependencies/db/revs/62
dependencies/db/revs/122
dependencies/db/revs/1


I even copy tar command file from 6.04 to replace current one, it is
no help. It seems tar is dependent on other program or configuration
to decide the order of package.  How can I set it up?

in 6.04, tar is not simply pack in date or size order, it retrieve per
directory and for per directory, it uses ls -ltr order.

-- 
Dapeng Ni