Pre-install required space
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 at 14:57, Joey Hess wrote about "weekly policy summary":
> A pre-install required space checking mechanism for Debian packages
> (#37999)
> * Stalled for 2 weeks.
> * Proposed on 19 May 1999 by Manoj Srivastava.
> * The idea is to enable tools like apt to check if a set of packages
> will fit on a disk, taking various partitions into account. This
> will require adding something like the output of du to the package
> or to the Packages file or to a new file that can be downloaded.
> The details are still being hashed out.
I will second this, simply because I like features and this one certainly
can't hurt. I think it should be an option though (to save the time
involved in processing) for those of us who *know* we have enough disk
space available.
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