Bug 4932 – eclass-debug.log should not be created in /

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Bruce A. Locke (RETIRED) 2002-07-12 22:03:16 UTC]

blocke@kodiak blocke $ emerge --version
Portage 2.0.13
blocke@kodiak blocke $ ls -l /eclass-debug.log 
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        27190 Jul 11 23:43 /eclass-debug.log

That file needs to be served an eviction notice :P

[Comment 1 Dan Armak (RETIRED) 2002-07-15 17:02:46 UTC]

I see it... Please look at debug-print() in ebuild.sh. I don't see how or why 
the log file ends up in /, it should go in $T and it does go there but a copy 
is in /! Wierdest thing is, it isn't caught by the sandbox. 
I'm really puzzled by this... any idea? 

[Comment 2 Dan Armak (RETIRED) 2002-07-18 04:47:20 UTC]

I can't reproduce it at will either, but once in a while /eclass-debug/log appears again. I'll try to catch it the next time. 

[Comment 3 Daniel Sabo 2002-07-31 18:55:58 UTC]

Just confirming that this bug still exists, and is still annoying ;).

$emerge --version
Portage 2.0.22

[Comment 4 Dan Armak (RETIRED) 2002-08-06 14:36:41 UTC]

drobbins told me why this happens: it turns out $T (=$WORKDIR/temp) isn't 
defined when emerge sources an ebuild oly for dep calculation. So piping > 
$T/eclass-debug.log put the file in /. 
 
I've fixed this in ebuild.sh in gentoo-src and it should be included in the 
next portage (2.0.27). 

[Comment 5 Dan Armak (RETIRED) 2002-08-29 08:42:20 UTC]

This is fixed in the latest portage versions.