[BusyBox] busybox 0.60.5 rm -rf has problems

[Dan Kegel]

# ls /home3/dank/wk/ixos/dap_interim/linux/3rdParty/crosstool/crosstool-0.15/build/sh4-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-ss-3_3-20030714-glibc-2.2.5
ls: /home3/dank/wk/ixos/dap_interim/linux/3rdParty/crosstool/crosstool-0.15/build/sh4-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-ss-3_3-20030714-glibc-2.2.5: No such file or directory
# rm -rf /home3/dank/wk/ixos/dap_interim/linux/3rdParty/crosstool/crosstool-0.15/build/sh4-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-ss-3_3-20030714-glibc-2.2.5 || echo fail
rm: unable to stat `/home3/dank/wk/ixos/dap_interim/linux/3rdParty/crosstool/crosstool-0.15/build/sh4-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-ss-3_3-20030714-glibc-2.2.5': File name too long
fail

Tsk.  That seems to disobey SuSv3:

-f
     Do not prompt for confirmation. Do not write diagnostic messages
     or modify the exit status in the case of nonexistent operands.
     Any previous occurrences of the -i option shall be ignored.
- Dan

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