update-manager aborts when running out of space
Bug #351953 reported by
tudor
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #291342: free disk space check could actually carry out suggested ways to clear space.
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
When the partition / becomes full during the upgrade, update-manager does not advice the user to free space but simply stops working. A novice user would think that an upgrade is not possible. After freeing space the upgrade continues
updating from intrepid to jaunty
description: | updated |
summary: |
- update-manager + update-manager aborts when running out of space |
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Thanks for your bugreport.
What version of ubuntu are you using? When this happend to you, was it a full upgrade (e.g. 8.10 -> 9.04) or a normal update? We have code in jaunty (9.04) that should do a free space check. If that does not work for you, I would be interessted in the details.