I guess this problem has appeared with one of the latest update of portage. Since then, an empty folder "var/lib/gentoo/news " is created everywhere when I run emerge --sync. It seems to be created as a subfolder of the current folder when I run emerge --sync. Does anybody also notice this ?
output of emerge --info: Portage 2.3.40 (python 3.6.6-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/plasma/systemd, gcc-7.3.0, glibc-2.26-r7, 4.14.63 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.14.63-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-3230M_CPU_@_2.60GHz-with-gentoo-2.4.1 KiB Mem: 12157576 total, 5708140 free KiB Swap: 3145724 total, 3145724 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:00:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: 70d590ffe232bacc65ec6dff03b2cee505fe3850 sh bash 4.4_p12 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.30 p2) 2.30.0 distcc 3.2rc1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 3.3.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.4_p12::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r4::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.3-r1::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.14-r1::gentoo, 3.6.6::gentoo dev-util/ccache: 3.3.4-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.9.6::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.4.1-r2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.34.11::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.13::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r4::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r3::gentoo, 1.13.4-r2::gentoo, 1.15.1-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.30-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 7.3.0-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r3::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1-r3::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.13::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.26-r7::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 sync-rsync-extra-opts: --exclude='/lost+found' sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 24 sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes x-portage location: /usr/local/portage masters: gentoo priority: 0 dlang location: /var/lib/layman/dlang masters: gentoo priority: 50 junkdrawer location: /var/lib/layman/junkdrawer masters: dlang gentoo priority: 50 kde location: /var/lib/layman/kde masters: gentoo priority: 50 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/config /usr/share/easy-rsa /usr/share/genkernel/arch/x86_64 /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/maven-bin-3.3/conf" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php7.1/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php7.1/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php7.1/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" ENV_UNSET="DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildsyspkg ccache config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync multilib-strict news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync webrsync-gpg xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/" LANG="fr_BE.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="fr" MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l7" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude='/lost+found'" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi activities alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdr cli crypt cups cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam flac fortran gdbm gif glamor gpm gtk iconv ipv6 java jpeg kde kerberos kipi kpathsea kwallet lcms libnotify libtirpc lzma mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib musicbrainz ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon pkcs11 plasma png policykit ppds qml qt5 readline samba scanner sdl seccomp semantic-desktop spell sse sse2 sse3 sse4 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg systemd tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upnp upower usb v4l2 vim-syntax vorbis widgets wxwidgets xattr xcb xcomposite xml xosd xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon plan sheets stage words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" L10N="fr" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php7-1" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres10" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_6" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_6" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby23" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel i915 i965" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
It looks like this could happen if there is an empty ROOT environment variable exported.
Patch posted for review: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage-dev/message/190fd67ec60a2b165c1f4ff76573fcd9 https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/361
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=836c5ba9352ef1fa2c14d29e8876533a9db72465 commit 836c5ba9352ef1fa2c14d29e8876533a9db72465 Author: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-08-17 19:59:08 +0000 Commit: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-08-17 22:40:09 +0000 LocationsManager: map empty root var to / (bug 663904) When ROOT or PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT is entirely empty, map the value to / since otherwise is becomes the current working directory which gives undesirable results. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/663904 lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/LocationsManager.py | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
I can confirm that this patch solves the problem.
(In reply to François Valenduc from comment #5) > I can confirm that this patch solves the problem. Thanks!
