Bug#37999: PROPOSED]: A pre-install required space checking mechanism for Debian packages

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>  I don't understand this discussion...  Why, when I use `apt-get
>  install package', does it tell me how much space will be used after
>  installation, if that's a thing we need to add to the package tools?

Apt can only tell total space used. It can't tell that although you have 500
mb free on your /usr partition this package happens to use 2 mb in / which
only has 1 mb free. The only way to allow it to tell such things is to
provide it with output similar to du run on the package.

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