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In Ubuntu/Hardy you could have this error using xargs, this error is due to the findutils package. To solve this problem you could take the package from the Ubuntu release Intrepid.

Open (as root) the /etc/apt/sources.list file with your preferred editor

# sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

replace all occurrences of “hardy” with “intrepid”, save the file and exit from gedit.

To update the file list type the following line:

# sudo apt-get update

Install the new version of findutils

# sudo apt-get install findutils

Now you need to setup the old configuration for the /etc/apt/sources.list, open (as root) the /etc/apt/sources.list file with your preferred editor:

# sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

replace all occurrences of “intrepid” with “hardy”, save the file and exit from gedit.

Update the file list:

# sudo apt-get update