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Bug#376468: Should use xargs --no-run-if-empty



> $ fakeroot debian/rules clean
> [...]
> find debian/patches -name '*.dpatch' -type f ! -perm 644 | xargs chmod 644
> chmod: missing operand after `644'
> Try `chmod --help' for more information.
> make: [clean] Error 123 (ignored)
> 
> This command line should use xargs --no-run-if-empty to avoid the error.

sure, but it's ignored anyway. do you want to file bugs on every xargs
invocation where make ignores the return value?



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