Bug 2402743

Summary:	installing neovim during a bootable container build creates /.nvimlog
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	renner0
Component:	neovim	Assignee:	Andreas Schneider <asn>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	42	CC:	aron, asn, igor.raits, julian.anderson6207, michel
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description renner0 2025-10-09 15:38:39 UTC

when you install neovim during a bootc image build this file will exist, yes that is a hidden file at the rootfs: /.nvimlog

it seems to be this line that is executed on install:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/neovim/blob/rawhide/f/neovim.spec#_190

it generates documentation after the install in /usr/share/nvim/runtime/doc, but nvim writes the logfile to /, this could be because $HOME is set to /root and that one is a symlink to /var/roothome, so $HOME=/ and nvim writes the logfile in / 

podman run -it quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:latest bash
bash-5.2# echo $HOME
/root

ls -l /root
/root -> var/roothome

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.podman run -it quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:42 bash
2.dnf install -y neovim
3.ls -la /
Actual Results:
/.nvimlog exists, it is empty

Expected Results:
the logfile is not generated if $HOME happens to point to unconventional places like /.
I have no better 

Additional Information:
not reproducible on the regular containers

podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:42 bash
dnf install neovim -y

I only noticed this because I wanted to try out the rpm-ostree rechunker, which does not work with arbitrary files in /

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-10-12 15:45:59 UTC

FEDORA-2025-f441fa58e5 (neovim-0.11.4-4.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-f441fa58e5

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-10-12 15:57:37 UTC

FEDORA-2025-f441fa58e5 (neovim-0.11.4-4.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-10-12 19:46:20 UTC

FEDORA-2025-9941789d84 (neovim-0.11.4-2.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-9941789d84

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-10-12 20:09:44 UTC

FEDORA-2025-fbbe295950 (neovim-0.11.4-2.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-fbbe295950

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-10-13 02:15:27 UTC

FEDORA-2025-fbbe295950 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-fbbe295950`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-fbbe295950

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-10-13 02:22:00 UTC

FEDORA-2025-9941789d84 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-9941789d84`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-9941789d84

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-10-21 01:01:01 UTC

FEDORA-2025-fbbe295950 (neovim-0.11.4-2.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-10-25 21:07:26 UTC

FEDORA-2025-9941789d84 (neovim-0.11.4-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.