Bug#492951: E: Couldn't determine free space in . - statvfs (75 Value too large for defined data type)
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:46:19AM +0200, Reinhard Tartler <siretart@tauware.de> was heard to say:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.7.14+b1
> Severity: normal
>
> Apt fails for me to download/unpack sources in a very large filesystem:
>
> >> LC_ALL=C apt-get source apt
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Couldn't determine free space in . - statvfs (75 Value too large for defined data type)
> zsh: exit 100 LC_ALL=C apt-get source apt
That would be EOVERFLOW. Presumably we need to be using statvfs64
(with a configure check to see whether it exists, of course), but I also
think it makes sense to change that error to a warning and try to
continue. Checking the free space is just a nicety for the user; if we
don't know how much is free we might as well just plow ahead and see if
we run out.
Daniel
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