Re: GNU enhancement -- $(xargs cmd, list)

2000-11-08 Thread Reid Madsen
Yes. Not ready to move forward yet. Too busy bailing to patch the hole. ;-) Reid > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:29:50 -0500 > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Mail

Re: GNU enhancement -- $(xargs cmd, list)

2000-11-08 Thread Paul D. Smith
The latest version of GNU make is 3.79.1. Try there :). -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/ "Pleas

Re: GNU enhancement -- $(xargs cmd, list)

2000-11-08 Thread Reid Madsen
U Not sure what version of GNUmake you are looking at but I see no version of 'open_tmpfile()' in 3.78.1. Please advise. Reid > Date: 6 Nov 2000 16:56:30 -0600 > From: Reid Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 17:45:45 -0500 > > From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL

Re: GNU enhancement -- $(xargs cmd, list)

2000-11-08 Thread Reid Madsen
Update on this issue... 'xargs' on Solaris is hopelessly brain-dead. Even though the O/S supports a command line length of 1MB, 'xargs' refuses to allow a command line length in excess of 2K. If you specify something like: xargs -s 5 ls < tmpfile you get: xargs: 0 < max-