Hello Julian,
Am Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 10:11:13AM +0200 schrieb Julian Andres Klode:
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 07:36:34AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 2.9.8
> > Severity: important
> >
> > I just did the usual
> > apt-get update
> > apt-get dist-upgrade
> >
> > Apt-listchanges showed me the changes and I let apt continue. Then the
> > installation failed because disk space was too low. I could not
> > continue using apt to fix this (hence severity important), but I had
> > to manually move parts of /usr to other places until I could finish
> > the "dist-upgrade".
> >
> > It turned out that I had to move ~ 1 GB (!) until this was the case.
> >
> > I really wonder why apt cannot detect that such a big chunk of space is
> > missing and then would refuse to start the installation. (I initially
> > believed it was just off a few MB.)
>
> *apt* since 2.9.1, in the new user interface, informs you about the space
> usage required and displays a very prominent warning, defaults the prompt
> to N, and changes it to
>
> Continue anyway?
>
> instead of
>
> Continue?
>
> If the install size * 1.1 >= available space (not even free space).
>
> I suggest you use it.
Thanks for the prompt reply and information. I'll be more careful in
the future.
Greetings
Helge
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