MAGETWO-15371: view.xml file inheritance not working properly

Author: shiftedreality

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Config/FileResolver.php

@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ public function getParents($filename, $scope)
                     try {
                         $iterator = $this->getParentConfigs($this->currentTheme, []);
 
-                        ksort($iterator);
                     } catch (\Exception $e) {
                         throw new \Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException(
                             new \Magento\Framework\Phrase('Could not read config file')

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Config/View.php

@@ -222,7 +222,11 @@ public function read($scope = null)
         $scope = $scope ?: $this->_defaultScope;
         $result = [];
 
-        foreach ($this->_fileResolver->getParents($this->_fileName, $scope) as $parent) {
+        $parents = (array)$this->_fileResolver->getParents($this->_fileName, $scope);
+        // Sort parents desc
+        krsort($parents);
+
+        foreach ($parents as $parent) {
             $result = array_replace_recursive($result, $this->_readFiles([$parent]));
         }