From 9ae2d3f893e06a018cf68b7b01589aa7d66e9497 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: EnumDev <enumdev@enumerated.dev>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 11:51:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Return virtual package providers in a sorted array

---
 src/bpmlib/databases.go          | 4 ++++
 src/bpmlib/installed_packages.go | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bpmlib/databases.go b/src/bpmlib/databases.go
index d9f3f97..fe0df1b 100644
--- a/src/bpmlib/databases.go
+++ b/src/bpmlib/databases.go
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ func GetDatabaseVirtualPackageEntry(vpkg string) (providers []*BPMDatabaseEntry)
 		providers = append(providers, db.VirtualPackages[vpkg]...)
 	}
 
+	slices.SortFunc(providers, func(a, b *BPMDatabaseEntry) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Info.Name, b.Info.Name)
+	})
+
 	return providers
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bpmlib/installed_packages.go b/src/bpmlib/installed_packages.go
index 76b13cc..4e882ac 100644
--- a/src/bpmlib/installed_packages.go
+++ b/src/bpmlib/installed_packages.go
@@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ func GetVirtualPackageInfo(vpkg, rootDir string) []*PackageInfo {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return installedVirtualPackages[rootDir][vpkg]
+	providers := installedVirtualPackages[rootDir][vpkg]
+	slices.SortFunc(providers, func(a, b *PackageInfo) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Name, b.Name)
+	})
+
+	return providers
 }
 
 func GetPackageInfo(pkg string, rootDir string) *PackageInfo {