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Bug#282155: distinguish out-of-space from other installation failures



Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> (2004-11-20):
> Matt Kraai wrote:
> > Package: base-config
> > Version: 2.53.4
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > If tasksel fails, base-config displays a generic error message that
> > does not distinguish whether the disk is full from whether a package
> > is broken.  It would be helpful if it provided more information.
> 
> Do dpkg and aptitude use a special error code for out of space?

From a quick git grep ENOSPC in both dpkg.git and apt.git, no match
except a single unrelated one for apport on the apt side. Pinging the
relevant maintainers to make sure might be an idea, asking them how much
would be needed to implement it if needed would be another one.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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