453964 – app-eselect/eselect-lcdfilter fails to remove symlink /etc/env.d/99lcdfilter@ upon removal.

Bug 453964 - app-eselect/eselect-lcdfilter fails to remove symlink /etc/env.d/99lcdfilter@ upon removal.

Summary: app-eselect/eselect-lcdfilter fails to remove symlink /etc/env.d/99lcdfilter@...

Status:	IN_PROGRESS

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal trivial with 2 votes (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Fonts Team

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Keywords:	PMASKED

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Reported:	2013-01-25 11:14 UTC by Ray Griffin (rorgoroth)
Modified:	2021-04-04 01:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

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Description Ray Griffin (rorgoroth) 2013-01-25 11:14:20 UTC

After disabling the infinality flag on freetype and depcleaning, the symlink /etc/env.d/99lcdfilter is left behind (pointing to a non-existent file), causing a warning output of most emerge tasks about missing file:
!!! File Not Found: '/etc/env.d/99lcdfilter'

In context:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- replaced obj /etc/dispatch-conf.conf
--- replaced dir /etc
<<<          dir /usr/share/doc/portage-2.2.0_alpha160
!!! File Not Found: '/etc/env.d/99lcdfilter'
>>> Original instance of package unmerged safely.
 * Compilation and optimization of Python modules placed outside of site-packages directories for CPython 3.2 ...                                                                                                                                                         [ ok ]
>>> sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha161 merged.
!!! File Not Found: '/etc/env.d/99lcdfilter'
>>> Auto-cleaning packages...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The file must be removed manually atm.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Lara Maia 2014-05-23 16:27:02 UTC

I have the same problem here after disable infinality.

Comment 2 emarsk 2014-07-25 10:34:56 UTC

As suggested here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7589330.html , app-admin/eselect-lcdfilter could create a dummy symlink:
/etc/env.d/99lcdfilter -> /dev/null
so it gets registered during the merging phase.
This way, unmerging would remove the link.

Comment 3 emarsk 2014-07-25 10:37:22 UTC

BTW, how is the status for this trivial bug still "unconfirmed"?

Comment 4 Dainius Masiliūnas 2015-07-17 15:43:16 UTC

I can also confirm this.

Comment 5 jospezial 2016-09-16 21:03:01 UTC

I stumbled right into this bug. Confirming.

Comment 6 Hadrien Lacour 2017-09-03 19:25:42 UTC

Another victim here. I guess this is safe to remove it manually?