I just cleaned my /tmp directory and portage stops working. werewindle /usr/src/orzel/opale # emerge parted Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 2) sys-fs/progsreiserfs-0.3.0.4 to / >>> Downloading http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo//distfiles/progsreiserfs-0.3.0.4.tar.gz --14:33:05-- http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/distfiles/progsreiserfs-0.3.0.4.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/progsreiserfs-0.3.0.4.tar.gz' Resolving ftp.gentoo.skynet.be... done. Connecting to ftp.gentoo.skynet.be[195.238.1.6]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 308,247 [application/x-tar] 100%[====================================>] 308,247 12.11K/s ETA 00:00 14:33:30 (12.11 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/progsreiserfs-0.3.0.4.tar.gz' saved [308247/308247] >>> md5 src_uri ;-) progsreiserfs-0.3.0.4.tar.gz >>> /tmp/sandboxpids.tmp file mode: r+ open: Permission denied >>> pids file write: Illegal seek Why does portage rely on a file in the /tmp directory ? The permission of /tmp haven't changed and are still correct: drwsrwsrwt 40 root root 16K Oct 5 13:40 /tmp/ werewindle /tmp # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.19-gentoo-r9) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.19-gentoo-r9 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) distcc 2.7.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocol 1) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.2 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/init.d /etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs sandbox ccache userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo http://www.fhh.opensource-mirror.de/gentoo.org/ ftp://ftp.fhh.opensource-mirror.de/pub/gentoo.org/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://ftp.caliu.info/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.caliu.info/pub/gentoo/ http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 apm avi crypt foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex svga tcltk guile X sdl tcpd pam libwww perl python imlib oggvorbis gtk qt kde motif ldap scanner bonobo dvd encode -esd evo flash ggz gpm -gnome gphoto2 java libgda mozilla nas opengl oss usb cups alsa ssl quicktime" Another interesting bugs related to the same file: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21923 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
This is remedied in cvs already. It's actually caused by recursive sandbox runs.
