diff --git a/chat/pircbot/Makefile b/chat/pircbot/Makefile
index 96df2aa7ae51f..e29882e5abb31 100644
--- a/chat/pircbot/Makefile
+++ b/chat/pircbot/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.14 2006/03/04 21:29:04 jlam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.15 2006/11/10 16:50:54 tv Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=	pircbot-0.9.11
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ NO_CONFIGURE=	YES
 NO_BUILD=	YES
 
 post-extract:
-	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -type d -exec ${CHMOD} 755 {} \;
-	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -type f -exec ${CHMOD} 644 {} \;
+	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -type d -print | ${XARGS} ${CHMOD} 755
+	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -type f -print | ${XARGS} ${CHMOD} 644
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${PREFIX}/lib/java
diff --git a/editors/abiword/Makefile b/editors/abiword/Makefile
index 4032139e2d746..7add662520f19 100644
--- a/editors/abiword/Makefile
+++ b/editors/abiword/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.105 2006/11/09 15:25:32 adam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.106 2006/11/10 16:53:28 tv Exp $
 
 .include "Makefile.common"
 
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ post-build:
 		ABI_DOC_DEST=${WRKDIR} \
 		ABI_DOC_PROG=${WRKSRC}/src/wp/main/unix/AbiWord-2.4 \
 		./make-html.sh
-	find ${WRKDIR}/help -type d -exec ${CHMOD} ${PKGDIRMODE} "{}" \;
+	find ${WRKDIR}/help -type d -print | ${XARGS} ${CHMOD} ${PKGDIRMODE}
 	find ${WRKDIR}/help \( -name "*.abw.orig" -or -name "*.abw"	\
-		-or -name "*.info" -or -name "*.xhtml" \) -exec ${RM} "{}" \;
+		-or -name "*.info" -or -name "*.xhtml" \) -print | ${XARGS} ${RM} -f
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/abiword-docs/man/abiword.1 \
diff --git a/x11/ruby-tk/Makefile b/x11/ruby-tk/Makefile
index 385dc920f508e..84912b4f25bfa 100644
--- a/x11/ruby-tk/Makefile
+++ b/x11/ruby-tk/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.24 2006/09/07 15:43:20 taca Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.25 2006/11/10 16:54:54 tv Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	${RUBY_DISTNAME}
 PKGNAME=	${RUBY_PKGPREFIX}-tk-${RUBY_VERSION}
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-X11-dir=${X11BASE:Q}
 REPLACE_RUBY_DIRS=	${WRKSRC}/sample
 
 pre-configure:
-	@cd ${WRKSRC}; \
-	${FIND} . \( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.bak' \) -exec ${RM} -f {} \;
+	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} \( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.bak' \) -print | ${XARGS} ${RM} -f
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR}/tk