Hmm... This is a question to findutils maintainer. I know I can fix the problem with the following patch, > - find "$1" \( \! -type d \) -a -xdev -print0 |xargs -0 rm -f > + find "$1" -xdev \( \! -type d \) -a -print0 | xargs -0 -n 10 rm -f
But why does xargs bail out with this without it? : > xargs: rm: Argument list too long Is this intentional? > Package: pbuilder > Version: 0.127 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > > Coin, > > "pbuilder update" did its update job properly but failed to clean build > dir after job done : > <quote> > -> new cache content wget_1.10-1_i386.deb added > -> new cache content setserial_2.17-41_i386.deb added > -> unmounting dev/pts filesystem > -> unmounting proc filesystem > -> creating base tarball [/var/cache/pbuilder/base.tgz] > -> cleaning the build env > -> removing directory /data/pbuilder//12951 and its subdirectories > xargs: rm: Argument list too long > </quote> > > which can be reproduced by simulating clean_subdirectories : > <quote> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] pbuilder]# find "/data/pbuilder/12951/" \( \! -type d \) -a > -xdev -print0 |xargs -0 rm -f > find: warning: you have specified the -xdev option after a non-option > argument (, but options are not positional (-xdev affects tests > specified before it as well as those specified after it). Please > specify options before other arguments. > > xargs: rm: Argument list too long > </quote> > > Here is a patch working in my pond : > <quote> > --- pbuilder-modules.orig 2005-06-11 13:22:06.549001232 +0200 > +++ pbuilder-modules 2005-06-11 13:22:25.272154880 +0200 > @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ > return; > fi > echo " -> removing directory $1 and its subdirectories" > - find "$1" \( \! -type d \) -a -xdev -print0 |xargs -0 rm -f > + find "$1" -xdev \( \! -type d \) -a -print0 | xargs -0 -n 10 rm -f > find "$1" -type d -xdev -depth -print0 | \ > (xargs -0 rmdir || true) > } > </quote> > > -- > Marc Dequènes (Duck) > [2 <application/pgp-signature (7bit)>] >
