Package: findutils mailman was using the following snippet of code:
find /var/lib/mailman/ -type d -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod g+s but this led, for at least one user, to a failure with the error message: xargs: chmod: Argument list too long (see http://bugs.debian.org/366102). We have worked around this by using the somewhat slower find /var/lib/mailman/ -type d -exec chmod g+s \{\} \; so it is not blocking to us, but still, I think that xargs should use safe defaults for -s and -n. In other words, it should "just work"™, using xargs should automatically protect you against too long argument lists being used. "Safe" as in ask the kernel what the maximum is and use that. Or something like that. The user in question was using etch in may 2006, so presumably the version of findutils in etch around that time. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
