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xargs: argument list too long - new problem with v.4.2.25


Just updated xargs from v.4.2.11-cvs to v.4.2.25 with installation of latest
findutils and I now find that
	cat filelist | xargs md5sum
where filelist is a mere 1723 items long, now fails with
	xargs: md5sum: Argument list too long
This did not happen with the previous version of xargs, which allowed a list
equal in length to the entire Cygwin provision (and much more under /home
and /usr/local) as in
	find / | xargs md5sum
Anything I can do to recover the earlier generous behaviour? Thanks.
Fergus


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