Package: apt Version: 0.5.24 Severity: minor When checking for the space available to place the deb files in the cache directory some extra space for writing other information should be added. I suggest 10-20 MiB.
Then one could avoid situations like: dpkg: failed to write status record about `ispell' to `/var/lib/dpkg/status': No space left on device -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian/ unstable main non-free #deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian/ testing main non-free #deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/pub/debian/ stable main non-free contrib #deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/pub/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/pub/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free #deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free #deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free deb http://www.debianplanet.org/mono unstable main # deb-src http://www.debianplanet.org/mono unstable main # deb http://people.debian.org/~branden/ sid/$(ARCH)/ # deb http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/xsf i386/ # deb http://verbum.org/~walters/debian/ local/$(ARCH)/ deb http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu:8088/~mdz/debian/ woody lame deb ftp://ftp.sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian/ unstable main non-free deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main deb http://people.debian.org/~njordan/unstable binary/ -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.3-1-686 Locale: LANG=da_DK, LC_CTYPE=da_DK Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.3.3-4 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information
