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From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: ports/36836: "make package-depends" fails with "argument list too long" (bsd.port.mk)
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>Number:         36836
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       "make package-depends" fails with "argument list too long" (bsd.port.mk)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 06 23:20:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Murray Stokely
>Release:        Any
>Organization:
FreeBSD Project
>Environment:
-CURRENT      
>Description:
bsd.port.mk uses the shell when it should be using xargs(1).
The long package dependency lists of gnome is too much for the shell
to handle.	
>How-To-Repeat:
cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome
make package-depends

or

sh /usr/src/release/scripts/print-cdrom-packages.sh 1
>Fix:
      
Use xargs, or document the kernel tweak necessary to make this work.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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