Re: [PATCH RFC] Fix "/usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long"during make distclean

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Aug 13 2012 - 16:38:26 EST


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

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