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Bug 777120

Summary: sys-apps/portage: newins error message could be better if new filename argument contains a slash
Product: Portage Development Reporter: Zac Medico <zmedico>
Component: Core - Ebuild SupportAssignee: Portage team <dev-portage>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: gentoo, sam
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Zac Medico gentoo-dev 2021-03-19 01:48:52 UTC
If the newins new filename argment contains a slash then it leads to confusing error messages like this:

> cp: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.32-r7/temp/.newins_tmp_Td4Rnd/foo/bar': No such file or directory