648172 – dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2017 - One or more empty directories installed to /var

Bug 648172 - dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2017 - One or more empty directories installed to /var

Summary: dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2017 - One or more empty directories installed...

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal QA (vote)
Assignee:	Alexis Ballier

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Reported:	2018-02-19 18:41 UTC by Francesco Turco
Modified:	2020-03-05 15:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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build.log.xz (build.log.xz,62.24 KB, application/x-xz) 2018-02-19 18:41 UTC, Francesco Turco	Details
emerge --info texlive-latexextra (info.txt,5.76 KB, text/plain) 2018-02-19 18:41 UTC, Francesco Turco	Details
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Description Francesco Turco 2018-02-19 18:41:26 UTC

Created attachment 520152 [details]
build.log.xz

Portage reports the following QA issue:

> QA: other
> 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 2018-02-19 18:41:48 UTC

Created attachment 520154 [details]
emerge --info texlive-latexextra

Comment 2 Francesco Turco 2020-03-05 15:31:38 UTC

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

Comment 3 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) archtester

2020-03-05 15:36:47 UTC

Maybe safely ignored everywhere with texlive as this directory will not be empty anyhow.