On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 07:43:18AM +0200, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote: > Hello Justin, > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 07:50:17PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > sudo: doesn't accept more than 16347 arguments > > http://bugs.debian.org/413425 I think I know why.
sudo sets SUDO_COMMAND to the command it's executing. Naturally this is a terrible idea when you're using xargs. I don't think any code change is necessary; it's probably best to use sudo xargs instead of xargs sudo. This also has the advantage that massive argument lists cause only a single logfile entry, and it doesn't contain the argument list (though this could be desirably for a short argument list). Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
