Bug 1176 - Installer: free space check wrong if /tmp is on same partition
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Loki Setup
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: St
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Reported: 2004-02-13 18:52 EST by Maarten ter Huurne
Modified: 2004-02-26 18:28:32 EST
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Description Maarten ter Huurne 2004-02-13 18:52:11 EST 
The graphical installer checks whether there is enough free space on the 
partition on which the installation directory is located. However, if this is 
the same partition which contains the /tmp directory, a lot of extra free 
space is required. I had 800MB free, but this was not enough for installation, 
even though the installed files are only a bit over 400MB. 
 
Also, when the disk was full, messages like "Short write 
on /opt/ut2004-demo//Textures/strplants.utx" were shown on the console, but 
the graphical installer just continued. If a user would have started 
installation from a file manager instead of the console, the messages would 
have been lost. 
 
(By the way, thanks for the quick port of the demo.)
Comment 1 Ryan C. Gordon 2004-02-14 19:30:25 EST 
Will look into these.

Thanks,
--ryan.
Comment 2 Ryan C. Gordon 2004-02-26 13:28:04 EST 
Reassigning this bug to Stephane. Get to work!  :)

--ryan.
Comment 3 St 2004-02-26 18:28:32 EST 
Setup itself doesn't use many temporary files... Makeself upon extraction does extract the whole thing 
in /tmp by default, though. But by the time the installer starts it should then know how much space is 
available? Am I missing something ?

Just wondering where that huge need for temp files comes from...