Hi all.

I just ran out of space while compiling, and went to delete everything in /var/tmp/portage. I get the error:

rm: reading directory `/var/tmp/portage/nautilus-2.12.2//work/nautilus-2.12.2/cut-n-paste-code': Input/output error rm: cannot remove directory `/var/tmp/portage/nautilus-2.12.2//work/nautilus-2.12.2': Directory not empty

This is with:
rm -rf /var/tmp/portage/*

Also, I've got the following in my kernel messages:

reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6903045: 0 of 2: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6903045)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6903078: 0 of 4: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6903078)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6903089: 0 of 3: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6903089)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6903079: 0 of 3: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6903079)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6903062: 0 of 4: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6903062)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6903093: 0 of 3: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6903093)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6903095: 0 of 4: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6903095)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6909813: 0 of 3: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6909813)
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: extent2tail (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/tail_conversion.c:733)[nikita-2282]:
WARNING: Partial conversion of 6909812: 0 of 4: -28
reiser4[emerge(11397)]: release_unix_file (fs/reiser4/plugin/file/file.c:2637)[nikita-3233]:
WARNING: Failed to convert in release_unix_file (6909812)

These warning seem to be produced at the point where I ran out of space ( I see the 'emerge' process mentioned ).

After rebooting, I no longer get these kernel messages, however I am still unable to delete the nautilus folder. I still get:

rm: reading directory `/var/tmp/portage/nautilus-2.12.2//work/nautilus-2.12.2/cut-n-paste-code': Input/output error rm: cannot remove directory `/var/tmp/portage/nautilus-2.12.2//work/nautilus-2.12.2': Directory not empty

I'd very much prefer it if I didn't have to run fsck.reiser4 on this partition, as it's the root partition on my laptop, and I've had *bad* experiences with data loss after using fsck.resier4 before. Is this my only option?

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Daniel Kasak
IT Developer
NUS Consulting Group
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