diff -r -U2 findutils-4.4.2/xargs/xargs.c findutils-4.4.2/xargs/xargs.c
--- findutils-4.4.2/xargs/xargs.c	0000-00-00 00:00:00.000000000 -0000
+++ findutils-4.4.2/xargs/xargs.c	0000-00-00 00:00:00.000000000 -0000
@@ -647,5 +647,5 @@
     {
       keep_stdin = 1;		/* see prep_child_for_exec() */
-      input_stream = fopen (input_file, "r");
+      input_stream = fopen (input_file, "re");
       if (NULL == input_stream)
 	{