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Re: New APT version



> It gives space-usage information, but unfortunatly there isn't a truely
Yes,  I've noticed that.

> addition, it really is dpkg's place to know about being out of space, not
> apt's (imho)
I'd agree -- dpkg shouldn't try to unpack a file that there isn't room
for.  But again,  there isn't a particularly good way to determine how
much space is available,  in the sense that I might have seventeen
partitions mounted under /usr ...
                     					Will


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