Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 07 June 2010 22:24:37 Dale wrote: Mick wrote: I am trying to clean up what seems like a remnant of a failed emerge, but I can delete the directory in question: # rm -Rf /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3- r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale rm:

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:46:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Neil is likely correct - filesystem corruption. A quick easy way to check is to run ls -al starting with the target then going up on directory in turn. If you start getting lots of ??? in the output, corruption is almost certain. Paul's

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-08 Thread Mick
On 8 June 2010 10:47, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:46:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Neil is likely correct - filesystem corruption. A quick easy way to check is to run ls -al starting with the target then going up on directory in turn. If you start getting

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-08 Thread Mick
On 8 June 2010 18:42, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 June 2010 10:47, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:46:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Neil is likely correct - filesystem corruption. A quick easy way to check is to run ls -al starting with the target

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-08 Thread James Ausmus
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 June 2010 18:42, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 June 2010 10:47, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:46:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Neil is likely correct - filesystem

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-08 Thread Mick
On 8 June 2010 21:10, James Ausmus james.aus...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: To save me from losing it, can you please tell me if your /var/tmp/portage has such a stale file in there following your emerge of gcc-4.4.3-r2 ?  Surely I

[gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Mick
I am trying to clean up what seems like a remnant of a failed emerge, but I can delete the directory in question: # rm -Rf /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3- r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:54:36 +0100, Mick wrote: # rm -Rf /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3- r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3- r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale': Directory not

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: I am trying to clean up what seems like a remnant of a failed emerge, but I can delete the directory in question: # rm -Rf /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3- r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Mick
On Monday 07 June 2010 21:24:37 Dale wrote: Mick wrote: I am trying to clean up what seems like a remnant of a failed emerge, but I can delete the directory in question: # rm -Rf /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3- r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale rm:

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to clean up what seems like a remnant of a failed emerge, but I can delete the directory in question: Maybe try lsof to see if anything is using one of those directories

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Alex Schuster
Mick writes: I am getting worried now about fs corruption. I would be, too. The fs is supposed to be checked at boot time But only if it was not shut down correctly. To force a complete fsck on reboot on a file system that looks sane, issue a 'touch /force_fsck'. Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:45:57 +0100, Mick wrote: I am getting worried now about fs corruption. The fs is supposed to be checked at boot time Only if it's marked unclean. extN filesystems are only checked every so many mounts or days. Run fsck with the --force option to force a proper

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage not empty?

2010-06-07 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Monday 07 June 2010 21:24:37 Dale wrote: Mick wrote: I am trying to clean up what seems like a remnant of a failed emerge, but I can delete the directory in question: # rm -Rf /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-