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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add XARGS to toplevel Makefile
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:55:00 +0200
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>>> run xargs with --no-run-if-empty to avoid random failures:
>>
>> How about the short option, -r?
> Is it more portable - otherwise the more descriptive option is  
> preferred.

Neither is portable, and -r tends to hide real bugs; please use
something else instead, like making the relevant makefile targets
non-fatal (lots of-em already are).


Segher