diff -r ab11a6a73683 Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in	Wed Nov 02 23:47:58 2011 +0100
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in	Thu Nov 03 00:11:00 2011 +0100
@@ -1285,8 +1285,8 @@
 # Sanitation targets -- clean leaves libraries, executables and tags
 # files, which clobber removes as well
 pycremoval:
-	-find $(srcdir) -name '*.py[co]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
-	-find $(srcdir) -name '__pycache__' -exec rmdir {} '+'
+	-find $(srcdir) -name '*.py[co]' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
+	-find $(srcdir) -name '__pycache__' -print0 | xargs -0r rmdir
 
 rmtestturds:
 	-rm -f *BAD *GOOD *SKIPPED
@@ -1300,15 +1300,15 @@
 	-rm -rf Doc/tools/sphinx Doc/tools/pygments Doc/tools/docutils
 
 clean: pycremoval
-	find . -name '*.[oa]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
-	find . -name '*.s[ol]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
-	find . -name '*.so.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' -exec rm -f {} ';'
-	find build -name 'fficonfig.h' -exec rm -f {} ';' || true
-	find build -name 'fficonfig.py' -exec rm -f {} ';' || true
+	find . -name '*.[oa]' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
+	find . -name '*.s[ol]' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
+	find . -name '*.so.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
+	find build -name 'fficonfig.h' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f || true
+	find build -name 'fficonfig.py' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f || true
 	-rm -f Lib/lib2to3/*Grammar*.pickle
 
 profile-removal:
-	find . -name '*.gc??' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+	find . -name '*.gc??' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
 
 clobber: clean profile-removal
 	-rm -f $(BUILDPYTHON) $(PGEN) $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY) $(DLLLIBRARY) \
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@
 			   -o -name '[@,#]*' -o -name '*.old' \
 			   -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' \
 			   -o -name '*.bak' ')' \
-			   -exec rm -f {} ';'
+			   -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
 
 # Check for smelly exported symbols (not starting with Py/_Py)
 smelly: all