The python array slice syntax expects the first and last indexes, not the first length and element count. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- scripts/check-symsorting.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/check-symsorting.py b/scripts/check-symsorting.py index 8e698c0657..006c42f1b3 100755 --- a/scripts/check-symsorting.py +++ b/scripts/check-symsorting.py @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ def check_sorting(group, symfile, line, groupfile, lastgroup): issorted = False if not issorted: - actual = group[first:(last - first + 1)] - expect = sortedgroup[first:(last - first + 1)] + actual = group[first:last] + expect = sortedgroup[first:last] print("Symbol block at %s:%s: symbols not sorted" % (symfile, line), file=sys.stderr) for g in actual: -- 2.23.0