3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gr-utils/python/modtool/gr-newmod/cmake/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake b/gr-utils/python/modtool/gr-newmod/cmake/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
index c0f172870b..b7e3e05dc5 100644
--- a/gr-utils/python/modtool/gr-newmod/cmake/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
+++ b/gr-utils/python/modtool/gr-newmod/cmake/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ print(re.sub('\\W', '_', '${name} ${reldir} ' + unique))"
   foreach(swig_gen_file ${${outfiles}})
     add_custom_command(
       OUTPUT ${swig_gen_file}
-      COMMAND ""
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E touch_nocreate "${swig_gen_file}"
       DEPENDS ${_target}
-      COMMENT ""
+      COMMENT "dummy command to show ${_target} dependency of ${swig_gen_file}"
     )
   endforeach()
 
diff --git a/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_makexml.py b/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_makexml.py
index 575d7eb873..9d047a67bc 100644
--- a/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_makexml.py
+++ b/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_makexml.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ModToolMakeXML(ModTool):
 
     def _search_files(self, path, path_glob):
         """ Search for files matching pattern in the given path. """
-        files = glob.glob("%s/%s"% (path, path_glob))
+        files = sorted(glob.glob("%s/%s"% (path, path_glob)))
         files_filt = []
         print "Searching for matching files in %s/:" % path
         for f in files:
diff --git a/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_rm.py b/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_rm.py
index 47128dbc87..67de33f044 100644
--- a/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_rm.py
+++ b/gr-utils/python/modtool/modtool_rm.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class ModToolRemove(ModTool):
         # 1. Create a filtered list
         files = []
         for g in globs:
-            files = files + glob.glob("%s/%s"% (path, g))
+            files = files + sorted(glob.glob("%s/%s"% (path, g)))
         files_filt = []
         print "Searching for matching files in %s/:" % path
         for f in files: