As sometimes orig_path may be something other than a list (i.e. _NamespacePath), use iterator tools to sort the items in place. Fixes #885.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pkg_resources/__init__.py b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
index 92503288..d0f66274 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/__init__.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ def _rebuild_mod_path(orig_path, package_name, module):
         parts = path_parts[:-module_parts]
         return safe_sys_path_index(_normalize_cached(os.sep.join(parts)))
 
-    orig_path.sort(key=position_in_sys_path)
+    orig_path[:] = sorted(orig_path, key=position_in_sys_path)
     module.__path__[:] = [_normalize_cached(p) for p in orig_path]