[m-rev.] for review: use xargs in mmake

[Fergus Henderson]

On 14-Feb-2002, Peter Ross <peter.ross at miscrit.be> wrote:
> I have only one question: are there any other issues to using xargs?

Yes -- the main issue is that it doesn't properly handle file names
containing spaces, newlines, single quotes, double quotes, or backslashes.

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