On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 11:35:36PM +0000, mike at dst wrote: > Package: ifupdown > Version: 0.6.6 > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks the whole system > > > (Reading database ... 23841 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace ifupdown 0.6.6 (using ifupdown_0.6.6_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement ifupdown ... > Setting up ifupdown (0.6.6) ... > Moving /etc/network/ifstate to /etc/network/run/ifstate > mv: writing `/etc/network/run/ifstate': No space left on device > dpkg: error processing ifupdown (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > ifupdown Isn't that precisely what should happen? Under the majority of circumstances, maintainer scripts should not fail. But it seems to me that running out of disk space warrents stopping the install and letting the admin fix the problem. Indeed, that is precisely what I'd want. You said "breaks the whole system". What broke?
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