As sometimes orig_path may be something other than a list (i.e. _Name…

…spacePath), use iterator tools to sort the items in place. Fixes #885.

pkg_resources/__init__.py

@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ def position_in_sys_path(path):
         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]