On July 24, 2002 04:33 pm, Philippe Coulonges wrote:
> Le Mercredi 24 Juillet 2002 22:43, Gary Greene a �crit :
> > rpmdrake is broken on my machine.
> >
> > I can get the list of available packages from the server, then whe
I try
> > to install the new package, it downloads the packages, and then for
some
> > strange reason it says that I have it already installed, even though I
> > don't. This goes for updates as well as new packages.
>
> It seems you had the same problem I did, and saturated your /var
partition
> by asking too many RPMs at the same time.
>
> We discussed it some time ago, but it seems nobody considers this a bug.
>
> You will have to install the packages manually with urpmi.
> Personnaly, I really would like at least a clear message when /var is
> saturated.
>
> CU
> CPHIL
What would constitute saturation?
I'm asking rpmdrake to install one package and it gives me the "already
installed" message. My var partition is part of my / partition and there's
4.7 GB of space available. I've even cleared put the files in
var/cache/rpms,
but still get this message.
