Bug#303656: ifupdown: can't write /etc/network/run/ifstate no space left on device
mike at dst wrote: 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 There's been another report of this, that looks like it was caused by setting a bad value in /etc/default/tmpfs causing /dev/shm to have zero space (the value needs to be set in bytes, and is rounded down to a multiple of the page size, which I guess means anything less than 4096 is the same as zero). Is this what happened in your case, mike? If so, I think we'll probably want to put it down to operator error, and add some special casing in postinst. Cheers, aj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#303656: ifupdown: can't write /etc/network/run/ifstate no space left on device
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 -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages ifupdown depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.47 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii net-tools 1.60-10 The NET-3 networking toolkit -- debconf information: ifupdown/convert-interfaces: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#303656: ifupdown: can't write /etc/network/run/ifstate no space left on device
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 11:35:36PM +, 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? Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
