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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] Fix "/usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long" during make distclean
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On 8/13/2012 4:38 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/13/2012 12:39 PM, David Cullen wrote:
>> When running "make distclean" in a cross chroot environment, the
>> following messages are emitted:
>>
>> [user@host:/home/work/linux]: make distclean
>> /usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long
>> make: *** [clean] Error 126
>>
>
> That sounds like a bug in xargs...
>
> -hpa
>

In my specific case, qemu-arm-static calls xargs (In fact, in my
cross chroot, qemu-arm-static is used to run every user mode process).

Do you mean that qemu-arm-static is exposing a latent defect in xargs?

Does qemu-arm-static steal some of the command line space that would
normally be available for xargs? If so, how would xargs figure out
this was happening and handle the problem?

--
Thank you,
David Cullen
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