It's defined a few lines below at line 32 on my version. black:$ grep -n MAX_ARG_PAGES /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-4/include/linux/binfmts.h 32:# define MAX_ARG_PAGES 32
You can safely increase this value and recompile the kernel to give more space to arguments. Closing this report as requested. Thanks for your time. ** Changed in: findutils (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs