Bug 150029

Summary:	eclean distfiles requires root permission while rm doesn't
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jacek Sieka <arnetheduck>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jacek Sieka 2006-10-04 00:30:45 UTC

Hi,

When running eclean distfiles as a user of the "portage" group, I get the following error:
* Permission denied, you must be root.

I can however go to /usr/portage/distfiles and manually delete the files since the folder is group-writable. IMHO it'd make more sense if both methods worked the same.

Thanks!

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-04 01:23:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 148449 ***