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

[David Cullen]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #37093 (project findutils):

> What version of findutils did you experience this problem
> with? 


address@hidden:/]: xargs --version
xargs (GNU findutils) 4.4.2
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Eric B. Decker, James Youngman, and Kevin Dalley.
Built using GNU gnulib version e5573b1bad88bfabcda181b9e0125fb0c52b7d3b


> What arguments had been passed to configure when it was built? 

I don't know.

> What is the output of
>
> xargs --show-limits true < /dev/null


address@hidden:/]: xargs --show-limits true < /dev/null
Your environment variables take up 2099 bytes
POSIX upper limit on argument length (this system): 2093005
POSIX smallest allowable upper limit on argument length (all systems): 4096
Maximum length of command we could actually use: 2090906
Size of command buffer we are actually using: 131072


> What is the output of "env | wc" in the environment in which
> xargs is run (i.e. from make - remember that some versions of
> make export a lot of environment variables)?


address@hidden:/]: env | wc
     29      33    2097


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