[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1036645] [NEW] /usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long during make distclean in cross chroot

[David Cullen]

Public bug reported:

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. 

I have filed a bug report on xargs:

    http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?37093

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  /usr/bin/xargs: rm: Argument list too long during make distclean in
  cross chroot

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  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. 

  I have filed a bug report on xargs:

      http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?37093

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