[bug #37093] /usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long during make distclean in cross chroot

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                 Summary: /usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long during
make distclean in cross chroot
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 14 Aug 2012 12:22:46 PM UTC
                Category: xargs
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: David Cullen
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

I am building the Linux kernel in a cross chroot environment.
When I run "make distclean", the following messages are emitted:

    address@hidden:/home/work/linux]: make distclean
    /usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long
    make: *** [clean] Error 126

I create the cross chroot environment by making a copy of the root
file system from an ARM system. I copy qemu-arm-static to /usr/bin
and then chroot into the root file system.

If I modify the make file to pass "-s 122880" to xargs, it fixes
the problem.





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