From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7894C1384C3 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 12:09:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D4F7014384; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 12:09:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f182.google.com (mail-ig0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F226141F7 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 12:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igbkq10 with SMTP id kq10so33249921igb.0 for ; Sat, 05 Sep 2015 05:09:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=3Gx/NgTx/+KcZ4upKfM6tAoP6nFWrC+KHqei17gW08s=; b=FvDEF3VoBq7HcWC98r3RRZ6TceR0kwWcTR84fjopcBr54+a6Qi9NG0k3XWjypS8OCk 5DJxl0dOrOhTpwDJQWYIGaPtJYCCjJFTbHJWTyoKUvgEVqRL3xn1qL/uj+Rt8Wsqohim jTszOxo9f7ZgCBwu5oTrp7exaUTeU08PhUpdqY5Mns2i+nP0FAS0G566mmxVVWn9bkEl ufUeWlR4VC5Ud37IG44p1zMgHt1uBWPbqudwdkDuti6uQRYcIP0HNTMLcm0GFqWjbiPA xL2VdsXW5VyzWLukj5J/3HoLjbS1UMKctBOMDOeXvPmG+kOUe1VuPOY0V+1BLhtet3Fk dWVg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.62.81 with SMTP id w17mr16423893igr.0.1441454970608; Sat, 05 Sep 2015 05:09:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.79.103.70 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 05:09:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150905073713.3788fc72@digimed.co.uk> References: <55EA7A10.9010908@sys-concept.com> <20150905073713.3788fc72@digimed.co.uk> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 08:09:30 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8HhN3Ldzpdd3dXgLnQQo9NpdBWs Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/notmpfs - does not exist From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 17bcc4c6-2deb-4f5b-ab88-e8b45c81d4dc X-Archives-Hash: 8ffc529b76a10a3ca3a2aa3cb06c515f On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 2:37 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 23:13:52 -0600, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> The directory specified in your PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable, >> '/var/tmp/notmpfs', does not exist. Please create this directory or >> correct your PORTAGE_TMPDIR setting. > > This must be set somewhere in /etc/portage, it's not a standard setting. > What do you get from > > grep -r var/tmp/tmpfs /etc/portage > This is the correct approach to troubleshooting this, but he should be using: grep -r var/tmp/notmpfs /etc/portage Or if that fails I'd just simplify to "grep -r notmpfs /etc/portage" -- Rich