Portage shouldn't store logs in /var/log/portage, but logs could be stored in subdirectories e.g. app-accessibility Path will change from e.g. /var/log/portage/app-accessibility:espeak-1.43:20101019-185445.log to /var/log/portage/app-accessibility/espeak-1.43:20101019-185445.log I have 17306 files in /var/log/portage, which is too much. Portage 2.1.11.9 (hardened/linux/amd64, gcc-4.7.2, glibc-2.14.1-r3, 3.4.7-2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.4.7-2-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q6600_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:45:01 +0000 ccache version 3.1.7 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3-r1 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.7 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r3 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1, 2.22.90 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.7, 4.5.4::x-portage, 4.6.4_pre9999::toolchain, 4.6.4::x-portage, 4.7.1, 4.7.2_pre9999::toolchain, 4.7.2::x-portage, 4.8.0_pre9999::toolchain sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.5 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.14.1-r3 Repositories: gentoo qt toolchain x-portage ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA PUEL dlj-1.1 ETQW RTCW-ETEULA googleearth AdobeFlash-10.3 Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -O3 -pipe -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops --param max-unrolled-insns=64" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -O3 -pipe -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops --param max-unrolled-insns=64" DISTDIR="/mnt/md3/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg ccache config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles metadata-transfer news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv webrsync-gpg" FFLAGS="-O2 -O3 -pipe -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops --param max-unrolled-insns=64" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/mnt/md3/cache/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/mnt/md3/cache" PORTDIR="/mnt/md3/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/qt /var/lib/layman/toolchain /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acpi aio alsa amd64 amr apng berkdb bzip2 cairo caps chm cli consolekit cracklib crypt cxx dbus device-mapper dlz dri dts dvb eix enca exif extensions extras faad ffmpeg flac gcj gdbm glib glibc-omitfp glitz gnutls gold graphite gtk gudev handbook hardened iconv jit jpeg jpeg2k justify lcms lm_sensors logrotate lzma matroska mikmod minizip mmx mng modplug modules mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib multislot mysqli ncurses nodrm nptl nsplugin ogg openal opengl openmp pam pax_kernel pch pcre pcre16 pdf pic png pppd qt qt3support qt4 rar readline rtsp sandbox schroedinger session slang spell sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 symlink theora threads tiff truetype unicode urandom usb userpriv v4l2 vlc vorbis vpx x264 xcb xcomposite xml xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="virtuoso" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="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="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en_GB" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" 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: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
FEATURES="split-log split-elog" *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 273099 ***
