We do use this information and we do not continue if we do not have enough free space available for downloading. We can't check whether there is enough free space for installing, as we do not know where the files will land, and they may be on different mount points.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273049 Title: update-manager should guest an estimative of upgrade size to prevent running out of free disk -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs