On 23.10.2012 03:32, Fengguang Wu wrote: > /usr/bin/xargs: unmatched single quote; by default quotes are special to xargs unless you use the -0 option > > Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index bb9fff2..e5a64cc 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ distclean: mrproper > -o -name '*.bak' -o -name '#*#' -o -name '.*.orig' \ > -o -name '.*.rej' \ > -o -name '*%' -o -name '.*.cmd' -o -name 'core' \) \ > - -type f -print | xargs rm -f > + -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f As much as I like the find -print0 | xargs -0 construct, it is not portable unfortunately. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html