This test fails when using dash as /bin/sh. This workaround is also being used by Guix. --- findutils-4.8.0/tests/xargs/verbose-quote.sh.old 2021-01-01 18:46:51.000000000 -0600 +++ findutils-4.8.0/tests/xargs/verbose-quote.sh 2021-09-11 01:01:01.090000000 -0500 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#!/bin/sh +#!/bin/bash # Verify that 'xargs -t' quotes the command properly when needed. # Copyright (C) 2019-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.