Index: Mk/bsd.port.mk
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--- Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
 #				  for this port.
 # install-missing-packages
 #               - Install missing dependencies from package and mark
-#                 them as automatically installed 
+#                 them as automatically installed.
 # extract		- Unpacks ${DISTFILES} into ${WRKDIR}.
 # patch			- Apply any provided patches to the source.
 # configure		- Runs either GNU configure, one or more local configure
@@ -4331,8 +4331,8 @@
 
 # Install missing dependencies from package
 install-missing-packages:
-	@_dirs=$$(${MISSING-DEPENDS-LIST}); \
-	${PKG_BIN} install -A $$(${ECHO} $${_dirs} | ${SED} "s%${PORTSDIR}/%%g")
+	@${MISSING-DEPENDS-LIST} | ${SED} "s%${PORTSDIR}/%%g" | \
+		${XARGS} ${PKG_BIN} install -A
 
 ################################################################
 # Everything after here are internal targets and really