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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:38:22 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Fix "/usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long"
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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