Bug#687821: fails to ensure sufficient free space for kernel install
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On 16/09/12 16:01, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 13:37 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 13:24:56 +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>
>>> The second point, (b), apt-get seems to be unable to calculate
>>> space required for the kernel package
>>>
>>> I actually did a successful `apt-get dist-upgrade' for the
>>> whole system, hundreds of packages, and only this package had
>>> an issue. I don't know if there is anything unusual about the
>>> package (for example, during preinst) that may contribute to
>>> the problem, for example - are there any obvious issues that
>>> you are already aware of?
>>>
>> If I had to guess, apt probably uses the Installed-Size header,
>> which doesn't discriminate between filesystems.
>
> Perhaps more importantly, it can't account for the initramfs.
>
Well, if this was me hacking around on some embedded device I would
take full responsibility and would never have opened a bug report for
the issue
But as these are the filesystem sizes created by partman auto/guided
partitioning, and as it seems like wheezy's kernel packages will be
bigger than squeeze's 2.6 kernels, I can't help imagining this problem
will confront other people when they install or upgrade.
Could the preinst script be adapted to test disk space and give a
helpful warning?
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