--- External.pm.bak	2008-07-11 22:30:52.000000000 -0700
+++ External.pm	2008-07-11 22:52:14.000000000 -0700
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
             $comparecode = sub {
                 my $test = shift;
                 return 0 if $test eq $cutoff;
-                my $winner = ( sort $sortsub( $cutoff, $test ) )[0];
+                my $winner = ( sort $sortsub( $test, $cutoff ) )[0];
                 return $winner eq $cutoff ? 1 : -1;
             };
         }

##</code><code>##

     # ....
     return -1 if $hours1 < $hours2;
     return 1 if $hours1 > $hours2;
     return -1 if $hours1 == $hours2 && $minutes1 < $minutes2;
     return 1 if $hours1 == $hours2 && $minutes1 > $minutes2;
     return -1 if $hours1 == $hours2 && $minutes1 == $minutes2 && $seconds1 < $seconds2;
     return 1 if $hours1 == $hours2 && $minutes1 == $minutes2 && $seconds1 > $seconds2;

##</code><code>##

     # ...
     return -1 if $hours1 < $hours2;
     return 1 if $hours1 > $hours2;
     return -1 if $minutes1 < $minutes2;
     return 1 if $minutes1 > $minutes2;
     return -1 if $seconds1 < $seconds2;
     return 1 if $seconds1 > $seconds2;

##</code><code>##

     return $hours1 <=> $hours2
         || $minutes1 <=> $minutes2
         || $seconds1 <=> $seconds2
         || $Sort::External::a cmp $Sort::External::b;

##</code><code>##

my $sortscheme = sub ($$) {
    my @fieldsa = split(" ", shift);
    my @fieldsb = split(" ", shift);
    # ...
};