Bug 438816 – sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.9 : /var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/ directory not cleaned up

• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Toralf Förster 2012-10-18 15:55:14 UTC]

At an almost stable x86 Gentoo I would expect that this directory doesn't exists except portage is running, or ?

[Comment 1 Zac Medico 2012-10-18 16:12:28 UTC]

Why remove it when it will have to be created again so often?

[Comment 2 Toralf Förster 2012-10-18 16:28:35 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Why remove it when it will have to be created again so often?

Well, if it is not unintentionally left ...
But usually a subdir in that dir indicates a failure of emerging a package and might irritating others too.

BTW it seems that "emerge --depclean" left it (from the time stamp), right ?

[Comment 3 Zac Medico 2012-10-18 17:51:53 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Why remove it when it will have to be created again so often?
> 
> Well, if it is not unintentionally left ...
> But usually a subdir in that dir indicates a failure of emerging a package
> and might irritating others too.

Well, that's one reason it's hidden.

> BTW it seems that "emerge --depclean" left it (from the time stamp), right ?

Yeah, it's also left after any package is reinstalled or upgraded, since it's used as a temp directory when running pkg_prerm and pkg_postrm ebuild phases of the previously installed package.

[Comment 4 Toralf Förster 2016-01-31 18:27:02 UTC]

4 years old ...