Subject: Re: linux pkgsrc and xargs
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/17/2001 16:00:14
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 03:25:35PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> 	Under linux xargs always runs the command at least once, unless
> 	'-r' is given. This is countrary to the usage in pkgsrc.
> 
> 	I'd like to define an 'XARGS' variable and set it to 'xargs' on
> 	NetBSD and solaris, and 'xargs -r' on linux.
> 
> 	Seem resonable?
> 
> -- 
> 		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --
> 
> 

Seems completely reasonable to me.

Regards,
Alistair