Bug#605516: Bug#602539: Successfull install creates broken system (mounting fs fails)
Goswin von Brederlow, le Thu 02 Dec 2010 08:53:28 +0100, a écrit :
> You can warn during partitioning if there isn't even space for the
> standard task.
Some people want to be able to install just the base system and only
that.
> As for size differences for each architecture you can
> know those.
Nope. As said previously in the thread, it depends on the locale, some
options in expert mode, etc. And dependencies change all the time
depending on what maintainers add or remove.
> Install media should not matter.
It surely does: when installing via network, you have to store all the
debs in /var/cache
> Filesystem type and blocksize might to some degree
It can be very huge.
> but you can add some safety margin to the warning.
We can not make any promises then.
> As to the users choices, like later selecting gnome or kde, you
> can then give a warning.
Based on pure guess?...
> The important point is to prevent the download of all the debs just to
> fail at 90%.
Sure, but it's extremely hard to predict without actually simulating
everything, which _does_ need the download.
> It is enough if it covers the basic mountpoints like /usr and /var the
> installer already knows as common mountpoints.
But package management doesn't.
Samuel
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