I'm trying to update one of my system and running:
emerge -uDNavq world
I get a very strange message: No space left on device'


Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 48, in <module>
    retval = emerge_main()
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/main.py", line 1021, in emerge_main
    gc_locals=locals().clear)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/actions.py", line 3837, in run_action
    myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/actions.py", line 463, in action_build
    retval = mergetask.merge()
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 935, in merge
    rval = self._handle_self_update()
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 309, in 
_handle_self_update
    _prepare_self_update(self.settings)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py", line 2164, 
in _prepare_self_update
    shutil.copytree(orig_pym_path, portage._pym_path, symlinks=True)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/__init__.py", line 224, in __call__
    rval = self._func(*wrapped_args, **wrapped_kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/shutil.py", line 206, in copytree
    raise Error, errors
Error: [('/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.pyo', '/var/tmp/portage/._portage_reinstall_.QFROig/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.pyo', '[Errno 28] No space left on device'), ('/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/porttree.pyo', '/var/tmp/portage/._portage_reinstall_.QFROig/pym/portage/dbapi/porttree.pyo', '[Errno 28] No space left on device'), ('/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/cpv_expand.pyo',
...

I have plenty of room left on the HD
df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs           50G   13G   35G  27% /
/dev/root        50G   13G   35G  27% /
tmpfs           3.7G  668K  3.7G   1% /run
udev             10M  4.6M  5.5M  46% /dev
shm             3.7G     0  3.7G   0% /dev/shm
cgroup_root      10M     0   10M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda4       530G  119G  385G  24% /home
tmpfs            10M  4.6M  5.5M  46% /var/tmp/portage

df -i
Filesystem       Inodes  IUsed    IFree IUse% Mounted on
rootfs          3278576 829078  2449498   26% /
/dev/root       3278576 829078  2449498   26% /
tmpfs            957692    535   957157    1% /run
udev             949264    990   948274    1% /dev
shm              957692      1   957691    1% /dev/shm
cgroup_root      957692      6   957686    1% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda4      35266560  33051 35233509    1% /home
tmpfs            949264    990   948274    1% /var/tmp/portage

So, why I'm getting this message?

--
Joseph

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