--- portage-2.2.00.15320.ebuild.orig	2010-02-05 18:45:08 -0800
+++ portage-2.2.00.15320.ebuild	2010-02-05 20:29:35 -0800
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@
 
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.2.00.13849-ebuildshell.patch #155161
 
+	if [[ ${CHOST} == *-interix* ]] ; then
+		# replace "xargs" with "xargs -s 4000" for all scripts in bin
+		find ./bin -type f | while read f ; do
+			# loose sanity check: only patch files beginning with '#'
+			[[ "$( head -c 1 "${f}" )" == "#" ]] || continue
+			if grep -q xargs "${f}" ; then
+				einfo patching xargs references in ${f}
+				sed -e 's/xargs/xargs -s 4000/g' -i "${f}"
+			fi
+		done
+		epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.2.00.15320-interix-temp.patch
+	fi
+
 	use prefix-chaining && epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.2.00.15200-prefix-chaining.patch
 }