xargs failure

I don't know how the file libraries/base/GNUMakefile is generated. Maybe this is a cabal bug.

My build of ghc-6.8.0.20071017 failed as follows:

...
t/build/Unsafe/Coerce_split -name '*.o' -print) | xargs -s 30000 /usr/ccs/bin/ar
 q  dist/build/libHSbase-3.0.a
xargs: 0 < max-cmd-line-size <= 2048: 30000
xargs: Usage: xargs: [-t] [-p] [-e[eofstr]] [-E eofstr] [-I replstr] [-i[replstr
]] [-L #] [-l[#]] [-n # [-x]] [-s size] [cmd [args ...]]
gmake[2]: *** [dist/build/libHSbase-3.0.a] Error 2

if I replace 30000 with 2048 compilation goes through, but I don't know if something is cut off.

(also see http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/98##1785)

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.8
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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CC	Christian.Maeder@dfki.de
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