Messages in this thread | | | From | Segher Boessenkool <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] add XARGS to toplevel Makefile | Date | Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:55:00 +0200 |
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>>> run xargs with --no-run-if-empty to avoid random failures: >> >> How about the short option, -r? > Is it more portable - otherwise the more descriptive option is > preferred.
Neither is portable, and -r tends to hide real bugs; please use something else instead, like making the relevant makefile targets non-fatal (lots of-em already are).
Segher
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