Index: /home/klee/eclipse/typo3_4.2/typo3/mod/tools/em/class.em_xmlhandler.php
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--- /home/klee/eclipse/typo3_4.2/typo3/mod/tools/em/class.em_xmlhandler.php	(revision 3591)
+++ /home/klee/eclipse/typo3_4.2/typo3/mod/tools/em/class.em_xmlhandler.php	(working copy)
@@ -98,7 +98,17 @@
 				$forder = 'category';
 			break;
 		}
-		$order = $forder.', title';
+		$order = $forder.', title, '
+			// gets the x from a version number x.y.z as a number
+			.'CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX(version, \'.\', 1) AS UNSIGNED), '
+			// gets the y from a version number x.y.z as a number
+			.'CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX('
+				// gets the x.y from a version number x.y.z
+				.'SUBSTRING_INDEX(version, \'.\', 2)'
+			.', \'.\', -1) AS UNSIGNED), '
+			// gets the z from a version number x.y.z as a number
+			.'CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX(version, \'.\', -1) AS UNSIGNED)';
+
 		if (!$allVer)	{
 			if ($this->useUnchecked)	{
 				$where .= ' AND lastversion>0';