648024 – dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2017 - One or more empty directories installed to /var

Bug 648024 - dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2017 - One or more empty directories installed to /var

Summary: dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2017 - One or more empty directories ins...

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal QA
Assignee:	Alexis Ballier

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Reported:	2018-02-18 17:20 UTC by Francesco Turco
Modified:	2020-05-31 14:08 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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build.log.xz (build.log.xz,12.62 KB, application/x-xz) 2018-02-18 17:20 UTC, Francesco Turco	Details
emerge --info texlive-latexrecommended (info.txt,5.77 KB, text/plain) 2018-02-18 17:21 UTC, Francesco Turco	Details
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Description Francesco Turco 2018-02-18 17:20:51 UTC

Created attachment 520042 [details]
build.log.xz

Portage reports the following QA issue when emerging dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2017:

> One or more empty directories installed to /var:
> 
>   /var/lib/texmf
> 
> If those directories need to be preserved, please make sure to create
> or mark them for keeping using 'keepdir'. Future versions of Portage
> will strip empty directories from installation image.

Comment 1 Francesco Turco 2018-02-18 17:21:22 UTC

Created attachment 520044 [details]
emerge --info texlive-latexrecommended

Comment 2 Francesco Turco 2020-03-05 15:33:05 UTC

I can still reproduce this bug with dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2019-r2. Reopening.

Comment 3 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) archtester

2020-05-31 14:08:48 UTC

Can be ignored, because kpathsea keeps it existing.