Basic Question (I think): Upgrading xargs

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

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On Thursday, 15 July 2004 at 13:56:32 +1000, Scott Moss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering what the easiest way to upgrade "xargs" would be. I'm
> running 4.5-RELEASE (yes I know -_-, new build is coming with the new
> machine). Anyhow I've been constantly getting errors when ever I try
> to make anything from ports and it seems to be xargs being an older
> version or something like that, doesn't see the -E flag as being
> valid.
>
> What do I have to do to get this fixed ?

There are plenty of ways, but they all involve some understanding of
the build process.  If you need to ask, the simplest answer would be
"upgrade to a more recent version of FreeBSD".

Greg
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